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Title: BBS Text Field problem......
Post by: Dadsguns on December 16, 2009, 08:26:25 AM
In the "Start new topic" text field I can type until I get to the bottom of the viewed field, once I get past the viewed field I can no longer see my text unless I scroll down to view it, once I continue to type it pops back and forth from the original field at the top and where my text is being typed out at the bottom.  Its very frustrating.

If I have to type anything that surpasses the text field I have to type it up in a Word Document and copy and past it.
 
 :headscratch:
Title: Re: BBS Text Field problem......
Post by: Plazus on December 16, 2009, 11:26:56 AM
I am having the same problem. It is because of IE7 on Vista. I think Skuzzy has a fix for it, but held it off until Windows releases some update to fix the problem. It gets very frustrating to write back replies sometimes.
Title: Re: BBS Text Field problem......
Post by: Skuzzy on December 16, 2009, 12:44:40 PM
This is a problem with IE8.  No other browser in the market has this issue.

I have heard if you set the site to "compatibility mode" it takes care of the problem.
Title: Re: BBS Text Field problem......
Post by: Dadsguns on December 16, 2009, 12:58:48 PM
This is a problem with IE8.  No other browser in the market has this issue.

I have heard if you set the site to "compatibility mode" it takes care of the problem.

Skuzzy, thanks for the info.  Do I find that in the tools section?  NM I think that did it, works great.

Title: Re: BBS Text Field problem......
Post by: Plazus on December 16, 2009, 01:53:24 PM
This is a problem with IE8.  No other browser in the market has this issue.

I have heard if you set the site to "compatibility mode" it takes care of the problem.

Awesome! I think that fixed the problem. Thanks!  :salute
Title: Re: BBS Text Field problem......
Post by: LLogann on December 16, 2009, 03:32:42 PM
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Title: Re: BBS Text Field problem......
Post by: Spikes on December 16, 2009, 05:04:23 PM
Easy solution: Get the better, faster, firefox. :)
Title: Re: BBS Text Field problem......
Post by: gyrene81 on December 17, 2009, 02:29:09 PM
Easy solution: Get the better, faster, firefox. :)
There was a version of Firefox that did the same thing...  :neener:

With the history of memory leaks and large memory footprint...firefox is only marginally better than I.E.
Title: Re: BBS Text Field problem......
Post by: guncrasher on December 18, 2009, 12:55:58 AM
"marginally" still better than ie  :D.  but that's another thread.  :D

semp
Title: Re: BBS Text Field problem......
Post by: Krusty on December 20, 2009, 10:41:44 PM
Much as it sucks, I had to upgrade to IE8. I had IE6 (yes, and all the fixes/patches/updates) with my own custom settings to make it fairly safe.

However, I'm starting to get more and more notices from webpages (including youtube) that they'll stop supporting IE6 soon. I held off on IE7 because I heard a lot of bad things, it screwed up 2 of my family members' PCs, and they had to revert back to IE6, and then when IE8 came out I waited a good long time to make sure no repeat of IE7 happened.


I get the stupid text box jitter on these forums, too. However, that stupid little "compatibility view" button up by the address bar seems (for now) to fix it.

I really don't like the limited options on this stupid new version of IE. I can't get rid of things on the toolbar I don't want and will never use, I can't get rid of tabs when only 1 tab is present, and myriad other idiotic oversights that Firefox allows me to customize.

Yes, I have mozilla, and use it once in a while. However my primary browser has been IE6 for some time.

In short, use compatibility mode to fix this (oh, and IE8 sucks! :lol )
Title: Re: BBS Text Field problem......
Post by: Skuzzy on December 21, 2009, 06:07:06 AM
If you find yourself getting smug and comfortable with Firefox, you might want to read this (http://www.itbusinessedge.com/content/is-it-time-to-reconsider-firefox.aspx).
Title: Re: BBS Text Field problem......
Post by: gyrene81 on December 21, 2009, 05:06:14 PM
If you find yourself getting smug and comfortable with Firefox, you might want to read this (http://www.itbusinessedge.com/content/is-it-time-to-reconsider-firefox.aspx).
:lol  :rofl  :lol  :rofl

Good reading Skuzzy, I hadn't seen that before...thanks.