pjacko69

It actually seems to me that Geocaching.com needs to update the way it uses the browsers and change the links so that they work with the new browsers, that way they are safer too. Chrome and Edge work well. The plugins didnt work with handheld devices such as phones which we are all using more of these days. i dont often get a chance to PC, im too busy using my phone. Time to move with the times

I have upgraded to Windows 10 Nad seem to be pretty happy with it, although not much different to the last one upfront. As to my ETREX 30, it does still connect and can be seen in Explorer with all its files etc. What it doesnt do is connect to the Geocaching web page because the 'plugins' have all been removed from Windows. I found a reference to this being a change to ALL internet software and not just Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome. They have found that plugins are too glitchy and old hat. they have said they are also slow and i believe too hackable. I am not sure what the replacement is (sorry no help there) but i am sure something is happening because Minecraft (uses Java plugin) has been updated and uses a different way of connecting. They also say that the plugins dont work on handheld devices which could be a good reason they have moved on. This may be a Geocaching web page issue as the Garmin connection still works. Philip

A quick question to those in the know. I visited No 7 Hemerdon, Headon Ramble GC2AHNJ, only to find that it had been torched by kids; there was a black hole and the charred blue square of the seal on the ground. This means that i had found the cache and its correct location which was confirmed by GPS. I have found more recently at No. 7 Hemerdon (i keep checking) that the nearby Munzee has been ditched from its container and location which is slightly different to the cache, and replaced with a log, can i still claim it even though this the wrong location and container? From what i am being told, i could have put a signed piece of paper on the spot of the black hole and claimed this as a find. What i actually did was to make a note that the cache needed maintenance and didnt claim it as a find because i couldnt sign the log in a cache as the owner intended me to find it. I also found at No 19 Hemerdon the cache was missing but a Munzee was nearby; i didnt claim find because there was no cache as the owner had intended. Subsequently, someone found the Munzee put a peice of paper in its container and claimed the cache! Surely not right? Could you tell me what is correct please?