Anyone else having problems with the Gmail gadget for iGoogle?
Here's what I'm getting in Firefox:
http://ruscoe.net/blog/uploads/gmail-ig-gadget-broken-ff.png
And IE6 and IE7 (on different machines):
http://ruscoe.net/blog/uploads/gmail-ig-gadget-broken-ie.png
It was working fine earlier this morning but has been like this for a few hours now. |
I'm using IE7 and it's been fine all day. |
My iGoogle page has been doing this since some time yesterday. The RSS portlets seem to be showing up oddly as well. All the content within them is floating to the right of the gadget.
I found this thread of other people complaining about the gmail gadget on Google Groups:
http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Web_Search_Help-Personalizing/browse_thread/thread/1278e956352edfc3 |
I regularly use Firefox where I was seeing these issues. It seems to be working oddly as well in IE6. The + next to all my RSS items is missing and the gmail gadget looks like the image Tony posted above. |
Seems to be working here on all browers. |
Strangely, on one computer I have the problem and on another everything looks fine. Both computers are using the latest version of Firefox.
From Brian's link, it looks like a lot of people are having the problem, and it all started around the same time. |
And I forgot to mention, I am having the RSS problems too. On some feeds there is no plus sign at all, and sometimes it is on the right and all the text is right aligned. |
I have some problems with normal Gmail today (chat contacts and logo are not displaying...) |
Mine has been acting fine today.
Unrelated observation, Google updated the default iGoogle page with a YouTube gadget and Google News gadget.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1311/846238007_3b9fe0553d_o.png |
Counting what Philipp mentioned above, there's been problems in Groups, iGoogle, and Gmail in the last 2-3 days. I would understand if it were just Groups because they have had major issues in the past a few times. But given all 3 happened in such a short time frame, do you think there's any possibility there's some kind of elaborate integration work going on? Or is it all just coincidental? |
Also, because of the errors today on Google Groups, 5 of the most recent posts on the Groups thread about iGoogle being broken can't be seen! |
BTW, my Gmail gadget seems to be working fine again now (on my home PC, at least).
Update: And also on my laptop. |
I had (apparently) an old Calendar module. I replaced it with this:
http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=calendar2.xml&source=gcel
and it locks up the iGoogle page EVERY time.
o....k. |
Gee, my problems with Gmail were because Firefox had all images by gmail.google.com blocked! I don't know what caused this setting. Perhaps an accidental right-click in the wrong time & place from me somewhere while in Gmail? |
