Cannot access images from button on menu bar

[Bob Kahn]

Hello all, 

It works in Firefox but not Chrome. In Chrome, I have logged out of everything and tried logging back in to no avail. I have cleared last week of history in Chrome. Restarted computer. I have also updated Chrome.

Still, I get the following message:

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks so much, 

Bob 

[Schanzer (Director)]

Hi Bob - thanks for letting us know. It's possible that a recent update to Chrome broke things, but I'm looking into it. I'll email you directly to get some information that will help me diagnose this.

[Bob Kahn]

Same thing. 

This time another error message. 

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Bob Kahn 

MS Ed Tech Specialist and CS/Robotics Teacher

Brentwood School

100 South Barrington Place 

Los Angeles, CA 90049

Middle School Minecraft 

“Society grows great when [people] plant trees whose shade they know they'll never sit in." 

         - Greek proverb...maybe. 

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Hi Bob - thanks for letting us know. It's possible that a recent update to Chrome broke things, but I'm looking into it. I'll email you directly to get some information that will help me diagnose this.

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[Schanzer (Director)]

OK - I just rolled WeScheme back to an older version of the code that’s been working flawlessly since October, and the issue is still there. Google has definitely updated something, which caused this to break just for Chrome users. 

We’ll investigate, but for now it sounds like the Images tab is broken on Chrome. ARG! As a workaround, I'd advise folks to use Firefox or Safari if they want to use Images from their Google drives, or just use images from other sources. 

I'll post an update as soon as we know more. Thanks for your patience, and apologies for the hiccup!

[Schanzer (Director)]

Definition of the problem:

It appears that the issue involved 3rd-party cookies. Namely, the cookies that Google sets when you open the Image Picker. Since you're on WeScheme.org, anything from Google.com is considered "external". And while Chrome has never had a problem with this before, and Firefox, IE and Safari don't have a problem with it now.....apparently a recent Chrome update has disabled these cookes!

Temporary Workaround:

1) In Chrome, look for the Cookies icon in the address bar (see image1, attached).

2) Click "show cookies and other site data" (image2, attached)

3) Click "blocked", and for each one click "allow" (image3, attached)

This will resolve the issue on your computer. You'll have to repeat the process on each computer for now.

We're looking into the Chrome change that caused this, to see if we can't work around the issue transparently. But for now, this will allow you to use the Images button on Chrome.

[Schanzer (Director)]

It appears that the new "Chrome Sync" feature Google recently introduced is the culprit. Turning Sync off and then on again resolves the issue!

To turn off sync, go to chrome://settings/ in your browser. If it's a recent version that has Sync, the very first button you'll see allows you to "Turn Sync Off". Clicking it will disable Sync, and clicking it again will re-enable it. This process should fix whatever glitch Sync introduced, and allow the Images button in WeScheme to function normally.

HUGE thanks to Bob, for hopping on the phone with Joe Politz to diagnose and discover the fix. Bob also reports that one of his students found another issue with Chrome (unrelated to Bootstrap or WeScheme), and that toggling Sync off and on again fixed that as well. Seems like this new feature has some bugs to be worked out...

Anyway, thanks again to Bob and his awesome students!!