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June 23

Teahouse archives won't load

Windows 11, Microsoft Edge. Not sure how to provide more detail.

This could be a problem for any page.

I'm having this problem for the first time today. And I also had the problem with Facebook. I couldn't click on any links and eventually I got the message "This page isn't responding" and finally the page disappeared and was replaced with "This page is having a problem".

For the Teahouse, I was on one archive and it loaded just fine, but when I went to the next page after I finished the previous one, I got the same result as with Facebook.

Several days ago certain sites were very slow to load in some cases but not all, and I noticed the URLs in the lower left corner were related to ads.

For some odd reason my current computer doesn't have an ad blocker when I use private browsing, but it doesn't make sense that when ads are being blocked that would slow the computer down. Seems like the reverse would be true. Nevertheless, the problem was not happening with private browsing.

Facebook doesn't have ads (at least I've never seen them, but people talk about them). Neither does Wikipedia. And yet when I go to private browsing the problem doesn't happen.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:57, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Progress report: When I did finally get advice from another site, I was told to clear my history. I hadn't done that in a while. Didn't work. Just now, I tried a link to one specific thread in the archive, and that worked. Except clicking on "back" gave me the same result as going to the next page without a section.

Facebook problem seems to have improved as well.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 23:05, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Correction. Teahouse archive will not load. The text is there but I can't scroll or click.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:53, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Solution: Click on three dots in upper right corner of screen, select extensions, select manage extensions, turn ad blocker off by moving to off position.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:02, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Headsets with sidetone

For online meetings, I prefer to have sidetone in the audio coming out of the headset. It seems that sidetone is not a commonly-advertised feature in headsets. I did find a headset product with sidetone support, but it has a USB dongle with a 3.5 mm jack, which a wired headset plugs into. The connection to a computer being via USB means that it cannot be used with a phone.

Is it true that sidetone support is an uncommon feature? Is there an inexpensive solution for adding sidetone support to a headset and connecting the headset to a device via Bluetooth? 134.242.92.97 (talk) 20:05, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

I don't know, but it is possible to use a full-size USB device with a phone (assuming you have a generic phone and not an iPhone). You will require a USB On-The-Go adapter, which may be shaped like a short cable with plugs on both ends as pictured in the article, or like a simple plug (I have one of each). It may be sold as "OTG" or "USB A to micro USB B".  Card Zero  (talk) 20:28, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Even though it doesn't say it on their website, apparently the Jabra Evolve2-75 headset (with Bluetooth connectivity) has sidetone support, according to this website: [1]. You might need to adjust your search terms to find what you want. RudolfRed (talk) 22:59, 23 June 2023 (UTC)