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[Walter Runck]

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?

[Chris Johnson]

I also have this problem with longer posts.

Do shorter ones! 

What web browser do you use? I am currently on Internet Explorer 7.

[Walter Runck]

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.

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

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.   

[Walter Runck]

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

You have choices:

• You can carry on as before.

Would prefer to find a better way

• You can copy and paste to and from a text editor.
  
  

Awkward to insert quotes - like this.

• You can download Firefox or Chrome, both of which work OK.

Had Firefox, hadn't thought to try it until your suggestion.

• 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!

• You can give up on long posts.

Not likely.  They're too cathartic

There are probably other options as well.  

This will work, thanks.

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

... This will work, thanks.

Great!

I modified your post to fix the alternation of quote/unquote.   

[Walter Runck]

... This will work, thanks.

Great!

I modified your post to fix the alternation of quote/unquote.   

Thanks for cleaning that up.  I tried, but got lost and stopped before I wiped out everything.

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

I modified your post to fix the alternation of quote/unquote.   

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.