Link Opens via Chrome, But 404s With IE?

[(PeteCresswell)]

This link to a photo on Picassa http://tinyurl.com/7pvjrzy
opens a-ok when I feed it to Google Chrome, but when I try it
with IE 6.0, Picassa returns "Sorry, that page was not found."

At first I though it was just me and my antique copy of IE, but I
posted the link on a discussion board and others have complained
that it appears broken.

It seems to resolve to the same Picassa address in each browser:

Chrome:
https://picasaweb.google.com/108149798664924808733/Ulua#5672388722903226658
IE:
https://picasaweb.google.com/108149798664924808733/Ulua#5672388722903226658

Can anybody shed some light?

 

[philo]

This link to a photo on Picassa http://tinyurl.com/7pvjrzy
opens a-ok when I feed it to Google Chrome, but when I try it
with IE 6.0, Picassa returns "Sorry, that page was not found."

At first I though it was just me and my antique copy of IE, but I
posted the link on a discussion board and others have complained
that it appears broken.

It seems to resolve to the same Picassa address in each browser:

Chrome:
https://picasaweb.google.com/108149798664924808733/Ulua#5672388722903226658
IE:
https://picasaweb.google.com/108149798664924808733/Ulua#5672388722903226658

Can anybody shed some light?

I tried it with Chrome and with Firefox and I get "page not found"

 

[Tim Meddick]

It may be that the <tinyurl> link has expired - have you re-tried it again
recently?

I also have IE6 and Chrome installed on my machine, and although both IE6
and Chrome resolve your quoted tinyurl link "http://tinyurl.com/7pvjrzy" as
;

https://picasaweb.google.com/108149798664924808733/Ulua#5672388696097008162

....(which is not the same as your full quoted link) but when I copy and
paste the full links you gave into either browser I also receive "Page not
found" error in both browsers.

Is it possible that you have to be logged into a Google service before your
link will work? The fact the address begins "https" makes me think that it
may be that's what is wrong here...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per philo:

I tried it with Chrome and with Firefox and I get "page not found"

I figured it out (I think....)

Turns out that Picassa requires people to log in before they can
view pictures. The "page not found" is misleading. What they
really mean is "We're not going to show you that page if you're
not logged in."

This is all circumstantial, but I copied the pix to Flickr (which
does not have the login requirement) and all is well.

 

[philo]

Per philo:

I figured it out (I think....)

Turns out that Picassa requires people to log in before they can
view pictures. The "page not found" is misleading. What they
really mean is "We're not going to show you that page if you're
not logged in."

This is all circumstantial, but I copied the pix to Flickr (which
does not have the login requirement) and all is well.

Yes that makes sense

Picasa has an option (I think) to make avail to anyone with a link though