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What has happened to Family Search ?

Quite a few people email me saying that this or that website doesn't work, and if it works for me I recommend they try Chrome instead of their current browser. Hardly anyone comes back and says they're already using Chrome, and most of those who switch find that their problem has gone away.
 
I've had trouble accessing Family Search for a few weeks. Sometimes I can get to home page but no further. Tried Tim's link above which took me to search page but I got a message about 'technical difficulties'. Are these ongoing? It's very frustrating as it's my last resort in many cases of trying to break down brick walls!
I have no trouble getting into Family Search with Firefox.
 
Quite a few people email me saying that this or that website doesn't work, and if it works for me I recommend they try Chrome instead of their current browser. Hardly anyone comes back and says they're already using Chrome, and most of those who switch find that their problem has gone away.

Thanks. that's the next thing I'll try. I have a Mac.
 
As I understand it Flash runs in the browser so it can't be part of Windows. I thought that Flash was being supplanted by HTML5?
Ah, it must have been referring to installing a flash update being unnecessary with W10
 
Just as I was reading the last posting from Pauline I noticed a banner heading -white on black- advising "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin 'Adobe Flash' from running on http://forums.lc. - with the option to 'Continue Blocking' or 'Allow'. I chose to continue blocking with no visible effect for the moment at least.
 
Just as I was reading the last posting from Pauline I noticed a banner heading -white on black- advising "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin 'Adobe Flash' from running on http://forums.lc. - with the option to 'Continue Blocking' or 'Allow'. I chose to continue blocking with no visible effect for the moment at least.
I found earlier that the ability to upload multiple files at once in the LC Forum requires Flash.
 
Quite a few people email me saying that this or that website doesn't work, and if it works for me I recommend they try Chrome instead of their current browser. Hardly anyone comes back and says they're already using Chrome, and most of those who switch find that their problem has gone away.
I guess my point was, that as FamilySearch clearly state their support for recent versions of most commonly used browsers, it is perhaps misleading to suggest that switching to Chrome is the best solution.

It is, of course, standard procedure to try an alternative browser if a website declines to work in your preferred browser. But even if the site works OK in a different browser, that doesn't mean you have to ditch your preferred browser. It may be that a few tweaks in the settings, such as enabling cookies for the site, or disabling an add-on will sort things.

If people want to switch to Chrome, that's fine. But I wouldn't want to suggest to anyone that they would be better off using my preferred browser, as we all like different things.
 
Just as I was reading the last posting from Pauline I noticed a banner heading -white on black- advising "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin 'Adobe Flash' from running on http://forums.lc. - with the option to 'Continue Blocking' or 'Allow'. I chose to continue blocking with no visible effect for the moment at least.

I was getting the very same message Bob which began after I tried to update/install Flash. I uninstalled eventually it was beginning to annoy me.
 
I guess my point was, that as FamilySearch clearly state their support for recent versions of most commonly used browsers, it is perhaps misleading to suggest that switching to Chrome is the best solution.

It is, of course, standard procedure to try an alternative browser if a website declines to work in your preferred browser. But even if the site works OK in a different browser, that doesn't mean you have to ditch your preferred browser. It may be that a few tweaks in the settings, such as enabling cookies for the site, or disabling an add-on will sort things.

If people want to switch to Chrome, that's fine. But I wouldn't want to suggest to anyone that they would be better off using my preferred browser, as we all like different things.

So far so good with Chrome. Thanks for the suggestion.
 
If people want to switch to Chrome, that's fine. But I wouldn't want to suggest to anyone that they would be better off using my preferred browser, as we all like different things.
I agree entirely Pauline and would you believe more or less (and more or less is important) I like most Browsers for one reason or another and use them all on differernt computers. My current favourite is -wait for it - 'Edge' which grows better with each update even though it has way to go and still has some idiosycracies. I do not chose IE these days but it sometimes chooses me, or at least a specific update selects IE and no other. I use Chrome almost exclusively on my main laptop for email and for browsing, whilst on the one alongside (a much older laptop) I graduate between Opera & Firefox with each browser set up to open with specific web pages. On my two main PC's I flit between Edge & Firefox and for specific reasons. On these machines I rarely use Chrome, although like IE a software update might select Chrome for its own built-in reasons. The only specific Google thing I do prefer is its Search Engine, although sometime Edge needs a little persuading and a Bing box round the ears.

Of course for the technically minded (to which I lay little claim) there are some supporting reasons behind each Browser. Edge for instance still wins hands down for power consumption (important for laptops), Firefox is still the only 'open' browser (although gradually losing that claim to fame having caved to Apple). Then there are little niggles with browser add-ins -'to have or not to have that is the question' , boot times, security isses and pesky Adobe Flash. :( As you say Pauline... we all like different things and I add for differernt reasons and long may it remain .
 
Have I missed something? I can login to the family search site familysearch.org but I cannot search, I just get the message
Oops…
We can't seem to find this page
404: [object Object]
The page you requested is no longer available, or cannot be found. We have been notified of the error.

What am I doing wrong?

For the internet, I use Safari and Chrome on a Mac
When Oops appears,
I delete all in History.
Then go afresh into the site from previously stored Bookmark.
[Works like good, old-fashioned "Off and On again".]

Tho' if you're using History to store your bookmarks, then the above not recommended. Smiley face.
 
Using bookmarks can be the cause of problems - I just type in FamilySearch. Haven't had any problems yet.
 
Have I missed something? I can login to the family search site familysearch.org but I cannot search, I just get the message
Oops…We can't seem to find this page 404: [object Object] The page you requested is no longer available, or cannot be found. We have been notified of the error. What am I doing wrong?

This original posting by me is from 26th July 2015, since then I have had no trouble with Family Search, but thanks Plain Janie for your comment.
 
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