Yep..sounds reasonable, except we both had it happen at the same time in differnt countries..
Me in Fl, USA.. and him in Spain.. as in Espania..
Oh, we have different computers too..;)
If you want odd, I had the exact problem....2 nights ago.
No buttons, images, icons, nada. It was the darndest thing. McAfee found no bugs, either. Something was afoot....and it's not done, apparently. I'm connected through a simple mom-and-pop dialup ISP in rural MO.