Airman1270 0 #1 January 30, 2006 What the hell's going on here! I'm trying to post some comments and interact with other skydivers over a variety of topics. While typing, the damn machine suddenly stops printing my words. There's a brief, very imperceptible "flash" on the screen and I realize that I've lost the last few words, sometimes an entire sentence or two. This has happened numerous times in the past hour. I can't go five minutes without "Hal" here just deciding to go somewhere else and leave me hanging. Does anyone know why this happens, and how to prevent it? Grrrrr, Jon S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #2 January 30, 2006 You using IE or Firefox? And it's not closing anything right, it's just deleting stuff you've typed in?it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airman1270 0 #3 January 30, 2006 QuoteYou using IE or Firefox? And it's not closing anything right, it's just deleting stuff you've typed in?_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I don't know, am doing this at the library. I'll be typing along, watching the keyboard because I'm not a good typist. Occasionally I glance at the screen to check my work and realize the computer has just stopped printing my stuff. I then have to click the mouse to place the little blinky thing back where I'd left off. It just happened again twice while typing this reply. ????????, Jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wildblue 7 #4 January 30, 2006 Well that makes a little more sense Try watching the screen when you type - either something is trying to take focus from the browser window, you're hitting the tab key, the mouse is defective and 'clicking' while you're typing... all sorts of things could be doing that. When you look back at the screen, is there's a dotted line around the 'none' button right above this form of the 'append signature' box below? Is the title bar at the top blue or grey (or whatever active and inactive is on that system)it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymedic 0 #5 January 31, 2006 Buy a Mac.... All problems gone...for the most part. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
wildblue 7 #4 January 30, 2006 Well that makes a little more sense Try watching the screen when you type - either something is trying to take focus from the browser window, you're hitting the tab key, the mouse is defective and 'clicking' while you're typing... all sorts of things could be doing that. When you look back at the screen, is there's a dotted line around the 'none' button right above this form of the 'append signature' box below? Is the title bar at the top blue or grey (or whatever active and inactive is on that system)it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #5 January 31, 2006 Buy a Mac.... All problems gone...for the most part. Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
