Since upgrading to Firefox 3 I've noticed this strange image on some sites: 
Does anyone know what that is?
Since upgrading to Firefox 3 I've noticed this strange image on some sites:
Does anyone know what that is?
Looks wierd.
Where about on the page does it show that?
Prime example is the IE7Pro website, as seen here in the screenshot:
I see them all the time on Japanese game sites. I figure they're just representations of characters our western keyboards don't recognize.
I don't get it on my firefox, but I have seen them before. Like he said, with some jap sites. You might want to do a complete uninstall, delete profile/everything, and do a full install on it.
Might be a ghost. I would have an exorcism done immediately followed by a cheeseburger and fries.
I get the same in Firefox, although this is how they look in Opera:
Just in case you needed to know that.
Sandboxed in Opera....nothing. Could it be a java thing?
I don't get it on my firefox, but I have seen them before. Like he said, with some jap sites. You might want to do a complete uninstall, delete profile/everything, and do a full install on it.
This is a clean install of Firefox. It isn't just my computer I've seen this on the laptop my mom has.
Sandboxed in Opera....nothing. Could it be a java thing?
I don't have Sun Java RunTime SE installed, also Java has always been disabled in my Firefox installations. It's not a JavaScript issue either, since disabling it produces the same funny looking images on the IE7Pro website.
I just checked the IE7Pro website, and I'm not getting anything strange.
Why is this an item now? I've seen these numeral markings since 6 months ago.
Have you change the settings in "Regional and Language Options"
Try changing the character encoding, I can get unusual icons there by changing it.
FF3.0.6
View > Character Encoding > pick one
Haven't changed anything from the default options in Firefox's lang/regional coding or character encoding hence there's no reason to since I'm using the U.S. English version.
It's not really much of an issue, I just wondered what they were since numerous websites have them and I didn't know what they were.
If you look at FF's settings in about:config you will see those sort of characters here and there.
There was one setting "network.IDN.blacklist_chars" that I googled.
Still not sure what it all means atm.
Hi, I think what they are is 3D barcode images. These are images very much like the ones on the forum.
They hold information.My phone has a barcode reader which, when you copy the image, stores the information.
It saves you having to remember web addresses etc. Well I hope I'm right they look very similar. I know I
haven't explained things very well but if you google 3D barcodes its all there.
Hope this solves the mystery. Steve aka 5teveuk.
If you look at FF's settings in about:config you will see those sort of characters here and there.
There was one setting "network.IDN.blacklist_chars" that I googled.
Still not sure what it all means atm.
Thank you Humpty! Now I finally know what those are.