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[The Grim Reaper's Friend]

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Originally Posted by The Grim Reaper's Friend

Well as long as this thread is seeing some action, I might as well throw my hat into the ring.



I've had a weird bug for probably at least a year now, if not longer. When I type posts, I hit the enter key twice to start a new paragraph. I like the extra line. But for the longest time now, when I hit post, there are two extra lines between paragraphs, for a total of three blank lines. You can see this in this very post.



I asked this question long ago, and someone suggested clearing the cache, which I have done several times since then, but that's never changed anything.



The extra lines aren't particularly in the way of anything, but they are annoying to deal with. Here are the details I've observed:

• This all began after I used a bulleted list once. Before the bulleted list, everything was fine. After the list, text had two extra spaces, and it's been that way ever since. I could probably find the exact post again after an hour or two of searching.
• When typing, the post looks perfectly fine and normal. The extra spaces only appear when I hit post, or when I turn off the WYSIWYG editor (at which point I can backspace them out).
• This bug happens everywhere, including when creating threads, blogs, and PMs. The only place it does not happen is on comments on blogs. I can also turn off the WYSIWYG editor on anything and type normally, and the extra spaces do not come through.
• There has never been any weird code or anything I've sense which could cause this.
• As I said, clearing the cache does nothing.
• This bug is only on HSers.
• This bug is only on Firefox. Chrome does not have this issue.

I realize probably the first thing anyone is going to say is: move to Chrome. That won't work. I can't read HSers on Chrome, because the text is too thin, and the WYSIWYG editor does not exist for some reason. It also has some other problems.



(I realize that the fact it works on chrome and that chrome doesn't have the WYSIWYG editor, and that blog comments are the only thing on HSers also without the editor, probably indicate that the problem is with the WYSIWYG editor. I just don't know what to do about it.)



Does anyone know why this has been happening? And if there's anything I can do about it?



~TGRF.

Originally Posted by Yodaking

Don't know why it happens, but it happens to me as well. I also know a few others mentioned it on the C3G section way back when it first started happening, like a year and half ago or more. It did seem to stop for a while, maybe 2 months or so I didn't see it happening, but then it started up again. I just find myself editing most of my post immediately after posting them to delete the extra spaces between paragraphs.

Originally Posted by DanieLoche

I also faced this issue a few posts ago.

...but I realized it when clicking "Preview Post", before submiting the reply.
Doing this, the extra lines appear in the WYSIWYG editor and I was able to get rid of them. Post submission after that seems to work without any extra line between paragraphs..!

...trying it with this post.
Yup, could fix them without re-edition after posting.

Just as an update, and in case anyone else has this issue with multiple lines between their paragraphs, I wanted to note how I've handled this.

The issue has not to my knowledge been fixed, but I have since switched to Chrome. Chrome doesn't seem able to run the WYSIWYG editor, so the issue doesn't occur. Chrome took some getting used to, since you can't see bold and italics, and have to use the code instead. But the multiple lines have never returned.

In case anyone is still dealing with multiple lines - not using the WYSIWYG editor (by switching to Chrome) worked for me, with a slight learning curve.

~TGRF.

[The Grim Reaper's Friend]

So I got this message from @itsbuzzi . I haven't the faintest idea how to help him out (or why I was the recipient to be honest ), but hopefully @Xotli or @Dysole might know what's going on.

Originally Posted by itsbuzzi

Hello TGRF! I have just changed my email on here and for some reason it may have locked all the threads for me, ergo, I cannot post anything in any thread. Every forum and subforum now has the "forum is closed for posting" icon and when I go in any thread no text box appears at the bottom like usual. I wasn't sure if you knew how to fix it or knew who could fix this issue for me.

~TGRF.

[Dysole]

@itsbuzzi

Something changed with your settings. Not sure why. It's fixed though.

~Dysole, suspecting there might be another email issue but Xorlof would have to check

[itsbuzzi]

WOOT i can post again!!! Thanks so much all!!! FYI I just messaged you TGRF because you posted last on this thread where I would have asked for assistance if I could and I forgot how to spell xotli's name (he's fixed problems for me before) so I couldn't look him up. But yeah thanks again!

[The Grim Reaper's Friend]

Originally Posted by itsbuzzi

WOOT i can post again!!! Thanks so much all!!! FYI I just messaged you TGRF because you posted last on this thread where I would have asked for assistance if I could and I forgot how to spell xotli's name (he's fixed problems for me before) so I couldn't look him up. But yeah thanks again!

No problem mate, glad we got you posting again!

~TGRF.

[OEAO]

The Notifications hotline doesn't appear to be working in Safari (on laptop and phone). Is there a way this can get fixed, or should I just switch over to Chrome?

[Flash_19]

Originally Posted by OrcElfArmyOne

The Notifications hotline doesn't appear to be working in Safari (on laptop and phone). Is there a way this can get fixed, or should I just switch over to Chrome?

I'm having the same problems with notifications on Chrome as well - the site seems to be taking forever to load...

[Dysole]

@Xorlof ?


@Xotli or @quozl would have a better idea than me.

~Dysole, experiencing no issues with notifications, but then again she doesn't use them much

[Matthias Maccabeus]

Originally Posted by Flash_19

I'm having the same problems with notifications on Chrome as well - the site seems to be taking forever to load...

I am experiencing the same. I figured it was because I’m not a millennial, so good to know that’s not it...

[Xorlof]

Originally Posted by Matthias Maccabeus

I am experiencing the same. I figured it was because I’m not a millennial, so good to know that’s not it...

Fixed now? (referring to slow loading--I haven't looked at notifications at all today)

[OEAO]

Originally Posted by Xorlof

Fixed now? (referring to slow loading--I haven't looked at notifications at all today)

Speed and notifications are fixed- thanks!

[Flash_19]

Originally Posted by Xorlof

Fixed now? (referring to slow loading--I haven't looked at notifications at all today)

So much better! Thank you!!