I'm having trouble working in the lower part of the editing pane when replying. The pane doesn't want to stay on the part of the message I am working on unless it is near the top/beginning, so I end up typing blind and doing a lot of preview or composing offline and then pasting it in (tough technique when quoting or hyperlinking).
Am I doing something wrong, or just a victim of my own windiness?
I also have this problem with longer posts.
Do shorter ones! ;)
What web browser do you use? I am currently on Internet Explorer 7.
IE 8. I'm not real computer savvy, so problems like this tend to stump me.
Leaving thoughts stuck in my head is not a good option either. They tend to fester and rot, leading to all kinds of strange things.
Quote from: Walter Runck on February 12, 2011, 09:33:07 AM
IE 8. I'm not real computer savvy, so problems like this tend to stump me.
As far as I can tell, this is not your fault.
My copy of IE 8 does exactly the same thing.
You have choices:
- You can carry on as before.
- You can copy and paste to and from a text editor.
- You can download Firefox or Chrome, both of which work OK.
- You can buy an Apple computer and use Safari.
- You can give up on long posts.
There are probably other options as well. ;)
Quote from: moleski on February 12, 2011, 09:55:35 AM
Quote from: Walter Runck on February 12, 2011, 09:33:07 AM
IE 8. I'm not real computer savvy, so problems like this tend to stump me.
As far as I can tell, this is not your fault.
My copy of IE 8 does exactly the same thing.
OK, here goes with Firefox
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You have choices:
- You can carry on as before.
Would prefer to find a better way
Quote- You can copy and paste to and from a text editor.
Awkward to insert quotes - like this.
Quote- You can download Firefox or Chrome, both of which work OK.
Had Firefox, hadn't thought to try it until your suggestion.
Quote- You can buy an Apple computer and use Safari.
Buy one? I thought it was part of my TIGHAR membership kit? 2011 version of the secret decoder ring!
Quote- You can give up on long posts.
Not likely. They're too cathartic
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There are probably other options as well. ;)
This will work, thanks.
Quote from: Walter Runck on February 12, 2011, 10:22:43 AM
... This will work, thanks.
Great!
I modified your post to fix the alternation of quote/unquote. 8)
Quote from: moleski on February 12, 2011, 01:04:11 PM
Quote from: Walter Runck on February 12, 2011, 10:22:43 AM
... This will work, thanks.
Great!
I modified your post to fix the alternation of quote/unquote. 8)
Thanks for cleaning that up. I tried, but got lost and stopped before I wiped out everything.
Quote from: Walter Runck on February 12, 2011, 01:48:38 PM
Quote from: moleski on February 12, 2011, 01:04:11 PM
I modified your post to fix the alternation of quote/unquote. 8)
Thanks for cleaning that up. I tried, but got lost and stopped before I wiped out everything.
It's a tricky business. It took me quite a while to sort it all out.
I've taken to fixing broken posts without comment if I see a problem with tags.