posts/likes/editing seem to be going faster now

[milkmansdaughter]

I'm having problems often with the emoji's. I will be writing a message or PM, and try to insert an emoji, and it will show up in the middle of a word or sentence, but very often not where it was intended to be. Has anyone else had this issue, or is it just me? It happens both on my computer, and with my phone, and happens frequently enough that I know it is not just fat-fingering on my part.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

I don't like the new emoji choices. And response is so slow when I submit a post that I wonder if it's been lost in cyber space. It often won't show up until I move on to an other thread, then come back, to find that it has posted after all.

 

[milkmansdaughter]

Thanks @flowerbug, and I am sorry I don't add that information. My computer IS old, it's an old Dell, but I am mostly computer illiterate, so I am not really sure I know what information is needed. My phone is an android. But, these issues have ONLY shown up, on THIS site (and not other forums I am on) SINCE the upgrade. This happens with the emojies whether I am on the computer or on my phone.
For example: I JUST clicked on the waving emoji. It showed up at the START of this message, but it should have shown up AFTER the word phone in my last sentence in the last paragraph. Sometimes it is in the middle of a word. Sometimes it is in the middle of a different paragraph. Sometimes, it is actually where I wanted it to be. For a long time, I thought it was just me, since I really do not spend a lot of time on the computer. This happens a LOT!
I understand people are working hard to upgrade the system. And I appreciate all that they do. But for me, it has slowed things down, and I have to keep fixing things in my posts (like where the emojies show up), and I have almost no patience with computers to start with. This was my main forum, but the upgrade has me avoiding the forum. My fault, I agree, but for me, it has not given me an extra reason to post.

 

[flowerbug]

ok, thank you, i don't see issues with moving emojies or them showing up in odd places because i don't use them that often other than ones i know how to type as i'm going. when you are clicking are you double clicking when one click might be enough? i'm being curious here because that is the type of thing that may move the cursor around in some cases and not others.

 

[flowerbug]

i understand frustration of this sort of thing for sure...

it took some extra time today to bring up the alert bell. i'm not sure about the rest of the site so far. we'll see if this posts ok. 15 seconds or so to post... edit and save went quickly enough (three times ).

likes have been running at about 5-7 seconds this morning, which isn't too bad compared to before.

 

[flowerbug]

feeling snappy this morning! seems like new posts and likes are happening faster. not sure if anything has been changed at your end of things or it is just the time of the day. i've been a bit too busy with other things recently to notice how it has been going otherwise (during the busier times of the day on-line)... still wanted to pass along a thank you if you have made changes.

 

[flowerbug]

Still not seeing emojis show up where I hoped they'd be. No matter how many times I try to insert them into the appropriate place, they wander up the page and appear in decidedly inappropriate places.....like a laughing emoji where a hug of sympathy should be, etc.

Especially in PMs.

PMs? oh, ok, i think i know what you mean, in Personal Messages? Bee, what kind of device are you using? desktop, phone, newer or older? when you go to put an emojie in are you making sure to not tap something more than once? sometimes if you tap too much that will move the cursor location and if you are on a touch screen type of device i suspect it might be so sensitive that it is picking up that as a click when it isn't intended. since i don't have a touch screen type of device to test this theory i can't be sure, but if you have one look into seeing if there is some way to set the sensitivity for when it decides you are clicking or not and adjust it to be a bit less sensitive. that is all i can think of at the moment to try for those who are having this issue.

 

[flowerbug]

Just a PC and I'm using a cordless mouse, so no tapping of screens here and not hitting them twice. And the emojis aren't showing up twice, they are showing up three paragraphs above where the cursor is sitting when I try to apply them. Never had that issue with the old site or any site, for that matter.

is it newer or older hardware?

thank you for what you have said as that will help them figure it out.

 

[Nifty]

So that's why I got a bunch of likes all of a sudden fyi... emojis and most everything else is grayed on on android / chrome

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That's super odd. I have an Android phone and all the icons show great for me. What type of device are you on and which browser are you using on your phone?

It looks like you might be in "BBCODE" mode. Click the little gear / settings icon and see if that toggles you back to the regular editor.

 

[flowerbug]

That's super odd. I have an Android phone and all the icons show great for me. What type of device are you on and which browser are you using on your phone?

It looks like you might be in "BBCODE" mode. Click the little gear / settings icon and see if that toggles you back to the regular editor.

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