Why do my posts keep wiping out and the text keep jumping around when I'm setting up posts here? Does it on PC and laptop. It's driving me nuts! Doesn't happen on other sites
Are you waiting for the "REPLY" or "POST" screen to get fully loaded before you begin typing? I often get a screen, but my "loading" indicator is still on. If I type before the "loading" goes off, it often starts over again and I get some of the symptoms you describe.
Older computer perhaps?
Impatience perhaps?
On my machine it takes about .75 to 1.5 seconds for the forum reply stuff to load. That was one of the reasons I did not like the "New" present forums when it first came out. The old format would just present ready to type. But it is Kalmbach's property and we make do with what we get.
I use a variety of Mozilla Add ons and filters to cut down the junk and get to the box. Sometimes I right click advertisements and ad-block image or frame (Or both) in mozilla to clear space and speed up the forum load time.
Some days of the week with certain times of day, the server groans under a load and refuses to work right. I dont post that much anyhow these days so it's not a loss.
What browser are you using?
It does sometimes take a long time to re-draw everything after you hit "Reply." Although it looks ready, it may not be. From what I can tell, this is mostly related to how busy "The Internet" is. I find that it's very busy at lunchtime here on the east coast. I guess a lot of people eat and surf.
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The laptop is 6 years old and works heroically (if a bit slow) with loads of photo editing. The PC is new with 4 whatsits doing the work, 1 Kilobyte of memory built in and about 4 Gb of Ram... and the posts still dump - usually like about now... or the text jumps back into itself... so this last bit would read... "or th back into itsele text jumpsf" and so on. Weird! Any ideas anyone?
Thanks
On my machine it takes about .75 to 1.5 seconds for the forum reply stuff to load. That was one of the reasons I did not like the "New" present forums when it first came out. The old format would just present ready to type.
LC,
That's interesting. I have dial-up and it takes about ~10-15 sec. for the Reply page to load up completely. For me, load times been exactly the same - whether using the new forum format or the old format.
I wish mine only took 3/4 of a second to load up. (Why does this sound like Monty Python? )
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1 Kilobyte of memory built in...
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Haven't even started to load that yet... everything off the laptop is in a Kbyte of external backed up in a second... and - get this - I've even backed most of it up onto discs! I even defrag and do maintenance stuff "fairly" regularly.
So I'm being good and the system still plays games with me
My connection rate is about 3.8 thingy wotsits a second/hour or however they measure it... I'm told that, that's not bad around here...
Dave-the-Train... so this last bit would read... "or th back into itsele text jumpsf" and so on. Weird! Any ideas anyone?
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I had this same problem with my previous laptop from work. Do you have one of those little "button mouse" things in the middle of the keyboard, like nestled between the G, H and B keys? What happens is that your type around and you get past the normal mouse cursor in the window. Then you accidentally bump that silly button, and it pops the cursor back to some earlier spot in the window. If you're not looking, new characters will then start being typed there.
Every machine is different, but there should be a way to disable the dang thing. Something in Control Panel - Mouse, I think, but you may have to talk to someone in Bangladesh to get the answer. If he starts giving instructions on how to reload your operating system, he's not the guy you want.
Dave-the-Train or the text jumps back into itself... so this last bit would read... "or th back into itsele text jumpsf" and so on. Weird! Any ideas anyone?
I find that the way I type on a small laptop makes it even easier for the dang possttt to ddo onen of thesse types of thngs---add and rop leterrs--- If I try to type faster I will find that the sensitivity of the keyboard will play hobb with how the post looks. There might be a way of at least adjusting the keyboard such that the adding and dropping bit is not there----
--or the browser could dump the post---and I'm not even on IE8 or such----
The only other issue is with 'Spring' stepping on the keys--making it even easier to have the post go uhntfntny54y76y
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That's weird. The only time I had any such problems was when I was using IE. I've been using Firefox for years now and haven't had ANY posting problems. One thing you might try is pre-assembling your post in Notepad and copy and paste it into the reply box.
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MisterBeasleyDo you have one of those little "button mouse" things in the middle of the keyboard
BINGO!
The same thing used to happen to me on my old laptop with a touchpad & mouse buttons. I was forever brushing the buttons or pad and moving the cursor around while typing...drove me INSANE! That laptop did not have a way of disabling the pad so I ended up covering it over with cardstock, which helped. The new laptop has a BIOS setting that didables the pad and buttons.
That could explain the text shifiting. As for the other stuff, it sounds like what I typically see when I am at this forum.
I build computers as a hobby when old machines die. About once every ten years or so. I tend to build very powerful machines that dont take long at all to do anything (For a while anyway...) Train Sims rolling through the woods without stutter and loss of clickety clack is must have. All about hardware.
Connection is several megabit down and 800 kb up feeding two computers in my home off the router. The router has everything except Http and Https disallowed so that really cuts down on the random internet traffic noise.
If I have to struggle with THIS forum, then I know it's best to turn off everything and do something else LOL.
The one thing I wont do is ping, traceroute or examine "Hops" between me and Kalmbach. I just like to post here and read up on others who post too. it's all fun. I dont stress over a slow day.
A few years ago I had dailup. Never again.
Also I had the experience of watching a Dell computer at our Cemetary cough and wheeze for about 8 minutes by my watch struggling to open a Microsoft Word Document of two pages containing our burial arrangements. And it was a fairly new machine but very cheaply bought and extremely minimum hardware to run anything at all beyond Notepad, wordpad or calculator.
There is one universal truth about computers. They did not make pencils and paper obselete in school. They can do alot with a little 30 year old floppy disk even today. Today's machines require bigger hardware, more capacity, more storage, internet connections always faster, more bigger bloat software.....
Always more.
Why hasnt someone said... this is good enough for all let's stop the bloat?
Last ChanceWhy hasnt someone said... this is good enough for all let's stop the bloat?
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Last ChanceAlso I had the experience of watching a Dell computer at our Cemetary cough and wheeze for about 8 minutes by my watch struggling to open a Microsoft Word Document of two pages containing our burial arrangements. And it was a fairly new machine but very cheaply bought and extremely minimum hardware to run anything at all beyond Notepad, wordpad or calculator.
That last bit about cheap is a good one----one gets what they pay for in that case. My 4 Gb Dell has a 500 Gb hard drive---it don't be taking 7 minutes to load up a page of Word doc in this'uns case---more like 2 seconds
Thanks all!
First thing is that I now know that it isn't just me.
The laptop disabled its touchpad for itself a few years ago to my great relief. I use a Logitech trackerball mouse on both machines. I love trackerball mice - most people seem to hate them... I even have a boring ordinary mouse to plug in when anyone else needs to use a machine.
I've checked and this forum usually loads in less than a second. The "reply" window opens between 1 sec and 3 secs - I suspect that it depends on how busy the net is at the time.
I can see the issue of key problems. The laptop seems to decide that a random key wants to play upfrom time to tie. It's just gone from "F" to "M" being awkward. Is this just age or can I clean the keyboard - without messing up the whole thing?
Thanks again
Sure, you can clean the keyboard. Just fill up the bathtub, grab a big scrub brush and a bar of lye soap and have at it! Be the cleanest dang keyboard this side of Hades. Won't work at all after that, but at least it'll be CLEAN! LOL
Seriously, dirty keyboards do cause problems similar to what you describe. Dust and dirt build up under the keys causing them to stick or not register when pressed. Spilled liquids intensity the problem, even water. (Water + dirt = MUD!)
You might try a long, soft bristle brush to clean below the keys. One of those tiny keyboard vacuums might help, too.
Or try typing slower as someone has suggested. Better still, type in notepad or word, then copy and paste to your reply. At least that way you won't lose a long reply to the computer gremlins!
dgwinupBetter still, type in notepad or word, then copy and paste to your reply. At least that way you won't lose a long reply to the computer gremlins!
jeffrey-wimberlydgwinupBetter still, type in notepad or word, then copy and paste to your reply. At least that way you won't lose a long reply to the computer gremlins! If I had a dollar for each time I suggested that to people who have the vanishing post problem (haven't had it myself since I dropped IE like a hot potato) I'd be a rich man!
The problem with copying and pasting from programs like MS Word is that you sometimes get innocuous but visible software code inserted at the beginning of your post that won't go away. It's visible when your response is posted on the forum but disappears if you try and go back in to edit it using the Edit button.
The code is only accessible for deletion between the time you hit the Reply button and the time the Reply page loads up. This is one of the few times where having dial-up has a distinct advantage over faster connections.
Since it usually takes ~10 seconds for a Reply page to load up on my computer, I have that amount of time to find the offending code, highlight it, and press the Delete button on my keyboard. Sometimes the code is so long that it might take me 2, 3 or 4 times to eradicate it all. (I've done this in my own posts or trying to clean up someone else's post when moderating.) Needless to say, I do NOT copy and paste from Word.
My solution: If I've spent considerable time typing out a response or post that I don't want to lose (or have to retype over again), I've just gotten into the habit of highlighting and copying the text (using Ctrl+C) before hitting the Post button. If the post goes through successfully - wonderful! If something happens, all I need to do is:
1) Click the Reply button again
2) Paste (Ctrl+V) the message in the new Reply text box
3) Hit the Post button
Quick and easy backup insurance. And I did it for this message, too.
I'll go through the steps. I'm typing this reply in Notepad. Now that I'm finished I'll highlight it (Ctrl-A), copy it (Ctrl-C) then I'll click the reply button then I'll paste (Ctrl-V) my reply into the reply box then click post.
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dgwinup Sure, you can clean the keyboard. Just fill up the bathtub, grab a big scrub brush and a bar of lye soap and have at it! Be the cleanest dang keyboard this side of Hades. Won't work at all after that, but at least it'll be CLEAN! LOL
I tried that. It shrank! Now I have a notepad!
Actually I found a way of cleaning under the keys but it was a bit delicate so I don't think I should recommemnd it.
Thanks for all the good ideas though... especially the ways of copying.