Forum is horrible and things still broke

[danknugz]

Can't insert pictures. When the thing comes up it gives the option of entering an image URL but surprise, it doesn't work. You have to end up saving the image to your phone and upload it, and even then, it doesn't insert the image right, and it complains that there is no message body.

I have seen that other issues I have brought to attention have been fixed however such as randomly losing everything I've typed over and over again. Glad to see that the web design team is being led by a random dude posting on the general forum.

[Hiro_Protag0nist]

cybereality said:

The desktop site should be working well, except for the permissions bug that sometimes happens. On mobile, I know there are still a few issues, and I'll be sure to track those down. And it wouldn't surprise me if the issue is unique to certain operating systems, browsers, phones, etc. there are a lot of variables.

In terms of the "you don't have permission" thing, usually just hard refreshing the page will fix that. It's a rare bug, I'm on the forum all day, every day, and I only see that maybe once a week (if even that). It has nothing to do with the spam filter.

It's been around since the new forum, non-stop and at times i've refreshed for up to 20 - 30 minutes, in between brews!

[kernow]

I haven't had too much trouble. I added a section to the userContent.css file for Firefox to fix the horrible aesthetic aspects of the forum, so I am ok, there. The only problem I really dislike a lot is that when writing in the text field, the ctrl+arrow keys and shft+ctrl+arrow keys do not work properly (instead of skipping a word, they jump to the beginning of a line or to the end of a line depending on which arrow you use). I use those keys a lot, so it is constantly throwing me off (and pissing me off). I think this may be the first web site I have seen to ever break that basic functionality. Congrats, Oculus... you get the first place award. <←sarcasm> 😛

Other than the aesthetic issue (which I have kind-of "fixed" for myself) and the key input  problems, I don't have much to complain about.

[Hiro_Protag0nist]

CardinalStorm said:

For what it's worth, I don't care if a forum isn't working perfectly.

If my children weren't being fed as a direct result of these trivial issues, I'd have something more to add.

My children aren't being fed - i'm too busy refreshing!!!

[Gwiz84]

Is this post a joke or serious? Forum works fine for me, if you have a spyware infested computer where nothing is running properly I'm sure you will have tons of issues though.

[EliteSPA]

Quote on mobile devices still broken, man.......
It says "null"

[Warbloke]

I don't know if this is broken, or if its working as per design... or indeed if I'm not doing something right (which is possible as it happened to me once)

but... do these little drop downs work properly, or is it just me... I get the same on Windows XP Pro, and on Windows 10.

What I mean is... for example, see if you type a colon  - you get a little drop down with the little smiley faces.

  eg:

  Now, I can scroll up and down the dropdown using either the mouse, or the arrow keys, but if I press enter, or click one with the mouse, I don't get the expected action... that is the smiley I chose appears, instead when I click one it actually deletes my colon.

I get the same thing if I type an @ symbol and a few letters of someone's screen name eg:

 

same thing, I cant actually choose @cybereality from the drop down, but must just type it out regardless, If I click one, it just disappears.  to me this is not the expected behaviour of a drop down.

ANOTHER thing on the smileys. if I choose the insert smiley from the 'toolbar dropdown' I see these as available smileys: (and these actually do work if I click on one)

Now you saw above the smileys we see in the dropdown... I notice some are there and some are not...

I also notice if I put an O after a colon I get a totally different drop down at the top is the correct open mouthed smiley a colon and an O would represent:

 

again, some are there and some are not when comparing to the toolbar dropdown, while I still cant 'choose' one from the dropdown.

I can sort of understand while typing why the dropdown wouldn't want to be a mile long and show all available smileys, but id expect 2 things...

1) you should be able to choose a smiley from the dropdown

2) the smiley toolbar dropdown at the top should have all available smileys.

[Zenbane]

@Warbloke that is forum IntelliSense and yeah, it can be quirky. I avoid it whenever possible and stick the basics when on mobile, or the menu icons on desktop/laptop. I also use the Script/Code view a lot, which I highly recommend.

[Warbloke]

@Zenbane

hmm, then if its IntelliSence, then its still not working as Id expect...

In things like Excel/word when using VBS, you can use the TAB key to select one of the available IntelliSence choices from the dropdown.  Same with VB.NET or Visual Web Developer.

Here the TAB key doesn't choose one either.  Why show the Intellisence options at all if you cant choose one... isn't that supposed to be the point of Intellsence so that you can type stuff faster without having to you know... actually type it ?

[Zenbane]

Agreed. It isn't the best at predictive text. Sometimes if I use a smiley face in one location, then every time I hit the Space bar it asks me if I want another smiley. So I go delete the first Smiley to make that go away. That's why I only use Smileys at the end of a post lol 😮

[xSTONEMANx]

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