nciku not working properly: "Error on page" ?

[HashiriKata]

Hi,

My laptop seems to have problems with the nciku website and I wonder if anyone here has some idea what might have gon wrong.

I'm normally able to listen to the sound there by clicking the word or sentence and also able to get the pinyin displayed by placing the cursor over it. None of these works in the last few days and I see "error on page" displayed at the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.

I suspected something might be wrong with the javascript thing, so restored my XP to earlier days when I didn't have the problem, I even uninstalled some recent java update but the problem is still there.

Anyone has experienced similar problems? Because of this, even some very simple tasks like copying example sentences on display can prove difficult.

Cheers,

[liuzhou]

Operating system? Browser?

[HashiriKata]

Windows XPsp3, Ms IE6

[liuzhou]

I can't see any reason. It is working fine for me. Does this happen every time?

Why are you using IE6? Get a real browser!

[HashiriKata]

Thanks liuzhou!

I don't think the problem has to do with nciku site or IE6. It has more to do with something within my laptop, because I tried another laptop, all was fine. With the laptop I'm using, I get "error on page" every time nciku is loaded. This started to happen only from yesterday.

[roddy]

If you've already restored back to an earlier point it probably won't help, and you've possibly done it already, but try clearing your cache and hitting CTRL+F5 to force a full reload. It would also be worth trying another browser if possible. Also turn off any browser plugins you have.

[HashiriKata]

Thank you Roddy!

Sorted! I was about to hit CTRL+F5 as you advised but Windows just took over and did something in the background (clearing out my catch?), so I couldn't do a thing but wait. Once it finished, the problem was also cleared. It's a mystery but all is back to normal now.

Cheers to all, I can see the topless lady in nciku now, very happy!

[roddy]

Perhaps Windows was enjoying the picture a bit too much itself.

Not sure what the problem was, and I'd be slightly worried about Windows suddenly doing stuff in the background, but if it's fixed it's fixed.

[Prodigal Son]

nciku's not working properly for me either - the problem is it's just terribly slow. all other websites seem to be working at normal speed but nciku.com is barely running at dial up speed. I'm in sichuan province, not a problem with the computer, I tried on two

[tooironic]

the problem is it's just terribly slow.

Yeah, that's nciku. It's always been like that. I usually use dict.cn because although it is not as comprehensive - (and has way more dodgy translations) - it's quick and easy. So if I just need a simple definition for a straight-forward word and haven't got time to stuff around with nciku, it's a much quicker option.

[Prodigal Son]

Yeah, that's nciku. It's always been like that. I usually use dict.cn because although it is not as comprehensive - (and has way more dodgy translations) - it's quick and easy. So if I just need a simple definition for a straight-forward word and haven't got time to stuff around with nciku, it's a much quicker option.

what a shame, nciku is a site I'd really like to be using more

[tooironic]

Indeed, and it would be my favourite online dictionary if it weren't for that problem of speed. I heard they're a Korean company - maybe a server location problem?

[liuzhou]

nciku has been unavailable or highly error prone for two weeks now. what is going on?

[Guest realmayo]

If I access it while using a VPN, it's super slow or returns errors. But as soon as a I switch to the 'normal' Chinese nciku works immediately, rapidly.

[joshuawbb]

I've been seeing the problems too - whenever I click anywhere past the home page, I get the "something's gone wrong" error. This has been on and off for quite a while, I hope their problems aren't too serious