I've noticed that, every since the beginning of 2009, many images, such as the chess.com logo, some pieces on the front page, pieces in Tactics Trainer, smiley faces, the spell check icon, and other images look like blurry jpegs! Why is this? I use the latest edition of Firefox 3.

Every so often this happens on my computer too, I'm using Google Chrome, all the icons enlarge themselves and so become pixelated. At the same time, the icons seem to lose their fixed location and fall behind any text that happens to be nearby.

I would like to hear a staff response on this issue.

This is called, "The New Years Day Effect", also known as "The I Don't

     Remember a Thing Effect", it will clear up in 24 hours.

Firstly has your computer been changed recently in any way? Did you upgrade anything in it? What browser are you using and what version?

It is difficult if not impossible to pinpoint a problem without any basic info.

You said that your pictures on the browser or a given site look blurry? Correct?

Are your other pictures in your computer also blurry? If not the problem is not with your hardware, or your computer.

Are you using a dial-up with an accelerator? If so accelerators download pictures partially only.

Check to see if you can download the picture on your desktop and double click on it to see if it is blurry...

Here is the link of the article I read on this:

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/feb/13/why-are-my-pictures-blurry-browser/

A few more things:

1.Did you add a new graphic card to your system recently?

If so go to the supplier website and download the latest update.

2. Did your internet provider changed anything recently, give them a call.

Any problemcan be diagnosed but one needs to know what you have and what changes you did if any.

Can you look at the info here and report on it, I or other people might be able to help you out. 

- I have not upgraded my computer recently. I use Firefox 3.

- Only the images on chess.com appear to be blurry.

- The pictures on my hard disk are not blurry.

- I have a DSL internet connection from AT&T. It is the highest kind that they offer.

- The image that appears blurry in my browser appears to be crisp on my hard disk.

- I did not install a new graphics card recently.

- There have not been any updates to Firefox 3 recently. The only recent update I can remember is one to Adobe Flash Player.

A wild guess, try to delete Adobe Flash Player, you can always reinstall later , just takes a few minutes and see what kappens.

I have had some problems with Flash player and it is well known that they have been under attack by some form of viruses and hope that version their new version fixes the problem. Here are 2 links explaining the problem:

1.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1198

2.

http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2008/05/potential_flash_player_issue_u_1.html

3.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/152325/adobe_fixes_clickjacking_flaw.html

I for myself have not reloaded flash player.

New version 10 is now available. My suggestion above holds for you to check your system out and if you want to download v10 here is a link from adobe website:

http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html

If you prefer to download from PV World:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/145940/flash_player_10_available_for_public_testing.html

Or CNET:

http://news.cnet.com/seven-steps-to-update-the-adobe-flash-player-on-windows/

Again report on your findings.

Hopes this helps.

I removed my Adobe Flash Player, and it did not help. I installed the latest version, and it did not help. I don't know.

Try clearing your cache and/or a hard refresh with CTRL+F5.  That usually clears up any sporadic problems I encounter like what you are describing.

this is certainly a weird issue. can you send a screenshot?

i would definitely do a complete browser flush and restart. i use the program "ccleaner" to do that generally as it de-gunks a lot of stuff.

Do you have the text to image add on for Firefox? That seems to screw images up sometimes.

Erik suggested "ccleaner" you can download free at:

1. CNET:

http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144_4-10315544.html

2. PCWorld, they have the most recent version 2.15.815:

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,24149-order,1-age,1/description.html

3. FileHippo.com, this site also has the latest version and shows you all the previous versions:

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

I trust these 3 sites for downloads, but I still save the downloads on my desktop and scan with antivirus and antispyware before opening and running.

One is never too cautious and good luck.

These all fix the problem (at least temporarily) however it definately seems to be an issue with chess.com rather than my computer (I assume the same applies for the thread author...) Next time it occurs I will screenshot it for your study. I believe the last time it happened to me I was using Google Chrome.

Everything just fixed itself, after I zoomed in several levels, and then back out to the original size. It's very strange. I still have screenshots if anyone wants to see them.

Can you tell us what "these" are when you say:"These all fix the problem",  which of the recommendations or suggestions helped as they might help other readers to solve their problem.

Which one(s) of the suggestions appeared to have solved your problem? I for one am very interested as I did suggest a few things and I am always eager to learn.

Thank you for submitting your problem.

I didn't try any of them. Before I was going to try, I was taking screenshots. I zoomed in for some reason. I zoomed back out. The images looked perfect.

ive noticed