machshefa: (ravenclaw geek)
machshefa ([personal profile] machshefa) wrote2010-10-13 08:16 am

Question for Mac users

I'm having a strange problem on certain webpages that have text boxes... like on TPP where you review or respond to a review, and occasionally  also on gchat.  The problem is that the curser refuses to move forward and the text I input does a sort of "strike over" and doesn't move forward.  on TPP, it only happens when I hit "return".  If I write in one long paragraph, it's fine.  Otherwise, it acts stuck.  (I hope that description made some sense).  On gchat, I close the chat window and reopen it and it seems to reset.  I have NO clue why it does it on TPP.  I don't have the problem on other archives though I have a vague sense that it intermittently happens on other webpages that require text input.

Does anybody have a clue what might be going on and if so, how to fix it?  Thanks, guys :)  Any help or hints or even pointing in a potentially useful direction would be great.

[identity profile] machshefa.livejournal.com 2010-10-13 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
When I add the returns, it'll space them to a new line, but not add the interim line... it's weird.
Do you ever have the problem on other pages? Which browser do you use?


*icon directed at technology :)

[identity profile] timestep.livejournal.com 2010-10-13 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't have problems on other pages, but I don't think I'm visiting all the same ones you are. I'm using Safari -- but I don't think a lot of pages are tested to it. I suspect that it's very likely an issue of IE or Firefox being tested more than Safari is. I know when I just had a PC, I would only test web pages to those two.