Author Topic: Hey Dr Grossman!!!  (Read 1270 times)

CB123

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Hey Dr Grossman!!!
« on: October 04, 2009, 10:01:49 AM »
Just wanted to give you a heads up about a problem with the board mechanics.  A couple of people have commented on it, and for me, it makes me unable to post as much as I would otherwise.

When typing on the reply message, the cursor jumps while typing--and after a few lines, the cursor AND the lines start jumping making it impossible to finish the reply.  I usually try to end the reply at that point because I dont have time to do much else.  If I have time, I type my reply on Word and then copy and paste.  But today the reply box would not accept italics and bold from my Word document, so I had to do some funny little star things.....

I dont think its just my computer since others are having trouble too.....if its an easy fix it would be wonderful for me, personally, since I have just ditched a couple of replies because I couldnt work with it that day.  Anyway....

I wanted to thank you again for this board....I enjoyed your Yom Kippur message very much.  We are in the middle of a kind of "our version" of Sukkoth and having a very good time...hope yours is joyous.

CB
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Re: Hey Dr Grossman!!!
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2009, 11:37:42 AM »
Hi CB,
I've seen this issue on several sites. I'm not sure what causes it, but sometimes posting your reply and then immediately editing it helps.

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Re: Hey Dr Grossman!!!
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2009, 04:36:50 PM »

Hi CB...

Just thought I'd add my two cents...It happened to me this afternoon too....I very quickly hit the post button so I wouldn't lose my content...but it wouldn't allow me to add or delete anything....same situation as yours..

Weird stuff....I'm almost positive a Narcissist Techie is behind it  :lol:


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Re: Hey Dr Grossman!!!
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2009, 11:20:38 AM »
Hi CB, Sealynx, and Sunblue,

Unfortunately this is a known problem with IE 8 -- and the software that I use for the forum has not solved it for the theme/version that I am using.  See, for example:  http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=314500.0 .  The easiest fix would be to use Firefox (my default browser) for the time being when you want to post.  I presume a patch will be found soon either by Microsoft or by Simple Machines Forum.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

CB, thanks for the kind words about my Yom Kippur talk--best to you and yours,

Richard