Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism

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Wed 15 Feb 2012 19:36
Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism - Honestjohn

Had a complaint from a Backroomer that his posts vanished as soon as he clicked on 'post message', so this is to find out if the same happens to this post.

HJ

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Wed 15 Feb 2012 19:47
Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism - Auristocrat
Seems to be an Internet Explorer issue. I find that if my post disappears, using the browser back button, 're-displays' the post (in a different font!), and if I press the 'post message' button again, the post usually appears.
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Wed 15 Feb 2012 21:27
Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism - Judesman
Yes that resolved the problem. Very odd! Many thanks.
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Thu 16 Feb 2012 00:06
Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism - Avant

Thanks for that tip, Auristocrat. In general, as I've said often, it's best to use Google Chrome or Firefox: anything other than Internet Explorer.

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Thu 16 Feb 2012 15:25
Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism - concrete

Hello Avant, when you say 'use' Google Chrome or Firefox, what do you mean? I just type in HJ, up pops the website and I login. I have no idea what I am 'using'. How do I select what to use? It all seems to just happen. I too have had post messages go missing, especially if I use the back button to return to the forum, that sometimes removes the reply I wished to post, so now I click on back room and go back in that way. I am from the steam age and can use a laptop as a typewriter etc but probably only use 2% of the functions, programmes etc that are available. Ignorance abounds!!! Cheers Concrete

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Thu 16 Feb 2012 02:15
Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism - 1litregolfeater

Website orientation is a bit eccentric, but we like it that way

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Thu 16 Feb 2012 10:28
Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism - jc2

I have never had the slghtest problem posting-I'm on IE!!!!!!

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Thu 16 Feb 2012 18:50
Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism - Buster Cambelt

Doesn't work very well from an Android phone but on a proper computer (iMac) with a decent browser (Safari) it works fine.

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Thu 16 Feb 2012 19:07
Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism - Honestjohn

Concrete: You can alwasy download a 2nd or even 3rd browser and keep as standby. You may find you prefer it to one of the Explorers.

Firefox: www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/fx/

Chrome: www.google.co.uk/chrome

HJ

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Thu 16 Feb 2012 21:07
Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism - Big John

Firefox always my favorite...

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Fri 17 Feb 2012 15:40
Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism - concrete

Thanks HJ, if I download it will it work automatically when I access the Internet or do I need go into the new programme and go from there? May seem a silly question but I really am a novice. I must say though that I really enjoy this technology and the immediacy of forums such as ours. Regards Concrete

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Sat 18 Feb 2012 14:09
Complaint - Check Posting Mechanism - Avant

I sympathise, Concrete! I've used computers since the 1980s and I'm probably still a novice. I know what you mean - you just go into your internet provider and carry on. In many cases that's automatically Internet Explorer: it is with my previous provider (AOL) and my current BT Internet.

If you want to use one of the others, it's easy to get an icon on to the desktop and then you can go straight in.

Edited by Avant on 18/02/2012 at 14:10

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