Imageshack : anybody having issues uploading with the "new" site?

Monsieur OUXX · Fri 10/01/2014 17:13:47

I know many AGSers use Imageshack for image hosting. Or at least they used to.

They have this "new site" thing (now they have a fancy interface probably full of HTML 5), with albums and stuff.
Of course, they removed the "alternative uploader". You know, that old-school uploader that all sites (like facebook) offer when the script-based uploader fails.
Problem: The fancy uploader fails for me. I can't upload any file. I tried with both Chrome and Firefox.

Anybody having the same issue?

Crimson Wizard · Fri 10/01/2014 17:34:03

Heh, they now have interface similar to mediafire.
To be honest, I never liked their old interface, looked too clumsy to my taste.
Can't say I like the new view very much, they display all images maintaining their size proportions, looks like a tiles puzzle game

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Tried uploading now, works for me. Using Google Chrome 32.0.1700.72.

DoorKnobHandle · Fri 10/01/2014 17:39:44

There's a ton of decent free image hosters out there these days, if one doesn't work for you, just use another one. I use imgur for example.

selmiak · Fri 10/01/2014 17:46:04

what dkh said. I switched from imageshack to imgur 3-4 years ago and didn't regret it a single day!

Tabata · Fri 10/01/2014 17:50:03

Tried it using IE and Chrome and it both worked for me (but I don't like).

I rarely use it anymore.
I switched to imgur and directupload some times ago and most of the times use directupload now.

Retro Wolf · Fri 10/01/2014 18:19:17

I've had trouble in the past with it rejecting my images as "not supported file type" or some such, when they should have been accepted. So I stopped using it.

Edit. It worked fine before that, used same software to create my PNGs.

Monsieur OUXX · Fri 10/01/2014 19:04:46

Oh well,

I should then switch to imgur. I don't like using new services because every new registered account means a deeper and more irreversible footprint on the interwebs. But in this case I guess I have no choice.

DoorKnobHandle · Fri 10/01/2014 19:15:04

You don't have to register on imgur.

Monsieur OUXX · Fri 10/01/2014 19:21:40

Quote from: DoorKnobHandle on Fri 10/01/2014 19:15:04
You don't have to register on imgur.

Today I learnt something! It really shows how cheap data storage has become : they make more money by hosting tons of anonymous pictures than trying to squeeze their personal details out of every uploader.

Having said that my issue got fixed magically:
- I had Chrome open. The upload was failing.
- I opened Firefox: failing there too
- I killed explorer.Exe and retarted it: upload still failing in both browsers
- I closed both Firefox and Chrome and re-opened Chrome: the upload started working.

It means some third-party service or app (underlying to both browsers and shared by them), but not the windows Explorer, was failing and got restarted when I closed both browsers. Maybe the Flash virtual machine. Computer magic.