Tagging people on Facebook won't work.

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7. June 2010, 02:30:55

Koga001

Posts: 8

Tagging people on Facebook won't work.

Facebook added this functionality to people's status:
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=109765592130

It doesn't work with Opera 10.53 (which I think is the latest).
When you type the @ the drop down list of your friends doesn't show up.

16. June 2010, 09:03:27

KVZTA

Posts: 3

I'm currently using 10.60 beta and this still hasn't been fixed :S

16. June 2010, 10:19:42

benryves

Posts: 80

Right-click, "Edit Site Preferences", "Masquerade as Firefox" - it implies it's a Facebook bug (dodgy browser sniffing) rather than an Opera one.

20. June 2010, 08:59:22

ajinx999

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Posts: 20

@benryves: Thanks a lot! It worked. smile
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4. July 2010, 19:39:55

ihavnoclue

Posts: 18

Yeah Im also having this problem

4. July 2010, 20:46:42

Yeah, I reported this to Facebook quite a while ago (six months ?)... Maybe I should do it again.

11. July 2010, 20:03:23

ErrorDetector

Posts: 1

I've got the same problem -.-
I need to change the browser everytime only for tagging my friends on Facebook...

16. July 2010, 09:08:31

This happens because Facebook does browser sniffing and only enables that feature if it detects that you are using Firefox.

A workaround to fix this (by making Facebook think that you are using Firefox instead of Opera) is: press 'F12' on any Facebook page -> Edit Site Preferences -> Network -> Browser Identification -> 'Identify as Firefox'.

Also, contact Facebook support and tell them to support this feature in Opera.
Bug Reporting
http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=1134
Community-based support for Facebook:
http://getsatisfaction.com/facebook

17. July 2010, 09:47:49

LouisTheGreat

Posts: 1

I tried to Identify it as Firefox, but it still doesn't work...
This bug is annoying, I even submitted a video about it.

31. July 2010, 02:12:00

friguron

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It seems to work when you mask yourself as FF (horrid solution), but when you finaly press the "share" button, then, the previously tagged person becomes unformatted and untagged... So it's a mix between browser sniffing and an Opera bug...

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25. August 2010, 16:41:17

Protiotype

Posts: 57

Wow, I just noticed that @tagging-people finally works again. No settings changed, Opera 10.61. Identifying as Opera.

Opera (with the js) and/or Facebook must have fixed it - hope it sticks!

Edit: Thanks!

Edit #2: Naturally, can everyone else confirm this?
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25. August 2010, 18:51:03

Luxor

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Originally posted by Protiotype:

Wow, I just noticed that @tagging-people finally works again. No settings changed, Opera 10.61. Identifying as Opera.


Could this be why? Facebook @mentions fix
Don't use facebook myself so wouldn't know.
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26. August 2010, 03:16:18

Protiotype

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Ah yes of course. I just missed reading that last night - thanks. smile
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