Chat broken

[Aiko]

The chat is apparently broken at the moment. When I click on it now, I just get a new window with an XML parsing error.

EDIT: Now there appears to be one person in the chat, but I still can't get in. This is the error message I get:
XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: chat/index.php
Line Number 220, Column 341:return text.replace(arguments.callee.regExp,this.decodeSpecialCharsCallback);},decodeSpecialCharsCallback:function(str){switch(str){case '&amp;':return '&';case '&lt;':return '<';case '&gt;': return '>';case '&#39;':return '\'';case '&quot;':return '"';default:return str;}},inArray:function(haystack,needle){var i=haystack.length;while(i--){if(haystack[i]===needle){return true;}}
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[Fred588]

I am replying at 7:21AM, Central time in the USA. The chat appears to be working here, and from here.

[Aiko]

No, not for me. I'm still getting that error. Using Firefox 3.0.8 here. Isn't anyone else having this problem?

[Zorah Valtero]

Time: 04/22/08 - 3:45 PM CDT
Browser: Firefox 3.0.9

Result: Chat works fine for me. Maybe you need to update your browser.

[Fred588]

I have seen a problem occur from time to time in other sites whereby a failed download (resulting in an error) becomes cached, so that subsequent downloads also fail. Try forcing a full refresh.

[Kookus]

Indeed... try clearing your browser cache and cookies.

[AyaneMatrix]

Seems to work for me and I'm currently using Firefox 3.0.8 and I'll test again after updating.

But, like it has been mentioned before, try either using a full refresh (Ctrl+F5) and if that doesn't work, try clearing the temporary cache, then cookies via "Clear Private Data" (Ctrl+Shift+Del) from the "Tools" drop down menu.

[Aiko]

Clearing cookies/cache (even disabling the cache) did not help with Firefox. But I can get into the chat by using a different browser, so at least I have a way around this problem.

[Fred588]

As a test I just installed the Firefox 3.0.9 update, logged into the forum, and then to chat. All appears to be working from here. When I get home I will try the same thing from a machine running XP-64.

[Sydney]

What extensions are you running in Firefox? I'm wondering if you have some form of script blocker running that's keep a key piece of it from loading correctly.