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certain symbols are displaying as html code on twitter?

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  • Laaste antwoord deur yoboseiyo

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mostly the symbols > < &.

and it's only on twitter.

i noticed it first when i installed the new firefox. it turns < into &lt; and > into &gt; and & into &amp; (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

screenshot :: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/5762606321_775e64605c_z.jpg

mostly the symbols > < &. and it's only on twitter. i noticed it first when i installed the new firefox. it turns < into &amp;lt; and > into &amp;gt; and & into &amp;amp; (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 screenshot :: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/5762606321_775e64605c_z.jpg

Gewysig op deur 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 &amp; may be present in the code of those pages as &amp;lt; as the result of pasting code from another source.

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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.

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Work fine here:

yoboseiyo yoboseiyo
(<.<) (>.>)
7 hours ago
<div class="tweet-text pretty-link">(&lt;.&lt;) (&gt;.&gt;)</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).

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This has been driving me crazy.

Changing over to "New Twitter" fixed the problem for me.

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@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