# Does the board still work? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 17, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918 "2008-09-17T00:31:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/1 "2008-09-17T00:31:41Z")
Am I the only one that can’t use: font, CAPS, Smilies, Italics etc? Anymore? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/2 "2008-09-17T01:07:44Z")
Just you. **Everything** seems to be _working_ for me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/3 "2008-09-17T02:13:09Z")
> [@chacoguy420](#): > > Am I the only one that can’t use: font, CAPS, Smilies, Italics etc? Anymore? How did you type CAPS? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/4 "2008-09-17T02:32:55Z")
> [@chacoguy420](#): > > Am I the only one that can’t use: font, CAPS, Smilies, Italics etc? Anymore? The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. :smack:⭕D **The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.** _The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog._ Tested with WinXP SP2 using Firefox 3.0. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/5 "2008-09-17T06:36:34Z")
Are you using or \<\> for your tags? you should use . Joe ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/6 "2008-09-17T11:20:31Z")
If you have javascript turned off completely in your browser, the formatting buttons above the reply box will not work, I think - could this be the problem? ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/7 "2008-09-17T14:39:14Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > If you have javascript turned off completely in your browser, the formatting buttons above the reply box will not work, I think - could this be the problem? How would I check that? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/8 "2008-09-17T15:03:16Z")
> [@chacoguy420](#): > > How would I check that? And the web browser and O/S you are using are …? ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/9 "2008-09-17T15:12:36Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > And the web browser and O/S you are using are …? Flock and Windows XP BTW it’s Okay to point and laugh at the dullard ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/10 "2008-09-17T17:08:03Z")
What version of Flock? My initial guess is you’re seeing a bug in Flock as I have no problems here with IE 6 on XP, Safari 3 on Mac or Firefox 3 on Mac. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/11 "2008-09-17T17:14:51Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > What version of Flock? > > My initial guess is you’re seeing a bug in Flock as I have no problems here with IE 6 on XP, Safari 3 on Mac or Firefox 3 on Mac. Flock 1.1 ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/12 "2008-09-17T17:20:47Z")
I had been having that problem with one of my two browsers (IE at work, Firefox 3.0 at home, don’t recall which it was) for a week or so after the upgrade, but it fixed itself. Might be another tweak is needed for Flock (which I’ve never heard of!) if your javascript is, in fact, turned on. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/13 "2008-09-17T17:52:05Z")
> [@Risha](#): > > I had been having that problem with one of my two browsers (IE at work, Firefox 3.0 at home, don’t recall which it was) for a week or so after the upgrade, but it fixed itself. Might be another tweak is needed for Flock (which I’ve never heard of!) if your javascript is, in fact, turned on. I found it, my Javascript is definitely ‘On’ ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-board-still-work/463918/14 "2008-09-18T18:51:51Z")
It still doesn’t work. Any other ideas?