certain symbols are displaying as html code on twitter?
mostly the symbols > < &.
and it's only on twitter.
i noticed it first when i installed the new firefox. it turns < into < and > into > and & into & (without spaces) which i find ridiculous for the last one, because it includes an ampersand to make the symbol, but that's something other.
i'm just wondering, is there /anything/ i can do to fix this? it's super annoying and it makes it hard to click on links or see people's emoticons.
thanks. yobo
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Modified by cor-el
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Did you check the source code or the generated source via the right-click context menu after selecting that text because that & may be present in the code of those pages as &lt; as the result of pasting code from another source.
i'm not pasting code from anywhere, and the urls are from artfire.com, and they look like this ::
http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=3115926
the other stuff, i'm making little faces. like this one :: =(>_)>
it happens when i write them, and when others do, but it shows fine for them. mine's the only one screwed up.
Work fine here:
yoboseiyo yoboseiyo (<.<) (>.>) 7 hours ago
<div class="tweet-text pretty-link">(<.<) (>.>)</div>
Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
- Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
- https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
This has been driving me crazy.
Changing over to "New Twitter" fixed the problem for me.
@cor-el - i've actually tried that. nothing seemed to have an issue. :/
@drewmcw - i'm sorta chagrinned now. i never thought to do that. ^^;;;;;
that totally worked. thanks so much for all the help, guys.
yobo