# New Version Bug Reports **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 12, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195 "2004-01-12T22:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/21 "2004-01-13T20:36:58Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Same with Windows Mozilla 1.5. It must be a consistent browser conflict. Anyone out there with Netscape that could see if the problem is carrying over? I’ve got Netscape 4.7 and 6., running XP home, so I thought I’d check. In 4.7, my reply to thread screen has only a title box and a large box to type the message in. No smilies, no font/color or other options. Centered below the text box are the submit/preview and below that are the additional options. In Netscape 6, I see the problems that have been described with Mozilla - I see 4 smilies, as if the box was cut in half. I do have the formatting options, but they look a little different than they do in IE, but none appear to be missing. I think there are fewer issues with Netscape 6 than with Mozilla, but it’s still a little off. Not terrible and still usable though. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/22 "2004-01-14T01:51:05Z")
Ignore my post about the Linear-Newest first problem. I was actually trying to go for Oldest first and wasn’t thinking clearly. It worked fine when I switched it correctly. ---
**Author:** ![KP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@KP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/23 "2004-01-14T02:14:56Z")
In the past, I could paste symbols or use ampersanded special chars, though HTML was disabled. Now none of these work. Capital sigma pastes as capital S, and the vBBS symbol tags don’t help. Maybe the problem is in Preview (I saw something similar on a different board package), but I don’t want to take the chance of posting garbage until I hear for sure. Special characters are very useful for mathematics, Greek/Hebrew and other technical topics where I find plain text loathesome and well-nigh unintelligible. Oh, and while I’m here, I can’t auto-login with Mozilla 1.5 on Win2000 with cookies enabled ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/24 "2004-01-14T03:56:04Z")
As I’m typing a reply, I see a blank “Title:” bar above - it’s purpose is unknown to me. Several times tonight, when I have clicked on “size” and typed my message in the pop-up bar, the end ([SIZE]) doesn’t appear, and I therefore had to insert the symbols/letters manually. If possible, the board is slower than ever. All this, and no new smilies? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/25 "2004-01-14T05:12:27Z")
I am using WinXP home and IE6. I too have to log in each visit. Here are the issues I have to report: 1. The advice in the above sticky [for those being logged out](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=105272) doesn’t seem to apply anymore. I don’t see the cookie options anymore. (It could be my inexperience). > [@](#): > > First change these settings in the user cp -\> edit options screen > Automatically login when you return to the site? (uses cookies) - set to yes1 > and > Browse board with cookies? - set to yes 1. I couldn’t find the feature where you can quote someone and have his/her name show up (“originally posted by Arnold W…”). Is it gone? 2. In the **user cp–\>edit options** the _Default Thread Age Cutoff_ was set to _Use Forum Default_, and it was like forever-- the number of threads loaded was very high. I changed it to 2 days. I hope this will speed things up. I haven’t checked whether it saves when I log out & back in. Maybe the hamsters would be happier if the Forum Default were 1 day or 2 days: something SDMB administrators could set perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/26 "2004-01-14T05:28:31Z")
> [@Mariemarie](#): > > 1. I couldn’t find the feature where you can quote someone and have his/her name show up (“originally posted by Arnold W…”). Is it gone? Nope, it’s not gone. There’s two reply boxes. A large one on the bottom left of the thread, outside the thread area, and a small one to the bottom right of each post. That small one on each post is the Reply with Quote button. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/27 "2004-01-14T05:36:20Z")
[ol] [li]Thanks Q.E.D.![/li][li](Where’s that embarrassed smilie?)[/li][li]testing whether the 3rd list item is automatically, well, you know…[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/28 "2004-01-14T06:43:41Z")
When I click on a user’s name and then choose “view profile” from the pulldown box (I like the pulldown box, btw), the profile opens in a new browser window _and_ the window I was initially using. Also, the smilies in the box next to the reply field are off-center, and the right side of the “putz” smilie is cut off. Windows 2000, Netscape 6. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/29 "2004-01-14T06:51:19Z")
Me again. In the “edit options” section of the user control panel, the checkboxes appear to work, but the changes I made didn’t take. Also, none of the pulldown menus will open. Another update: when I made my last post, only one column of five smilies were visible. Now another column is barely visible along the right edge of the box. ---
**Author:** ![DoubleJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DoubleJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoubleJ)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/30 "2004-01-14T15:10:27Z")
The board doesn’t remember me either, I’m using Mozilla Firebird 0.7 (“Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031216 Firebird/0.7+”) on Win2K. Ditto on the smily display problem. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/31 "2004-01-14T15:32:49Z")
I’m getting a screen prompt that messages have to be at least 10 characters in length. That sucks. Still not saving my login between sessions. Add sig is the default setting. Annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/32 "2004-01-14T15:41:35Z")
I didn’t have to log in today, so apparantly cookies are now operational. Any one else? ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/33 "2004-01-14T15:42:13Z")
I also have to log in every time I come back, in both: Mac OS9 using IE 5.1 and Mac OSX Jaguar using Safari ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/34 "2004-01-14T15:57:18Z")
I just had to log in, so still not cookied. And let me echo what **NoClueBoy** said: I want to add sig, when appropriate, not un-check for every post I make. ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/35 "2004-01-14T15:58:29Z")
I have windows 2000, IE 6. Despite having a dsl connection everything moves very slowly and often goes to a “page cannot be found” screen. I also am no longer cookied and I’ve been unable to post messages since the format changed. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/36 "2004-01-14T16:44:04Z")
Chalk me up as another who has to log in everytime. WinXP IE5 ---
**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:** [January 14, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/37 "2004-01-14T16:56:09Z")
I’m being logged out/forgotten, but not between sessions; it seems to be happening each time the board is unavailable (when the ‘problem with the database’ message appears). ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/38 "2004-01-14T17:17:33Z")
Search Engine Error… Did a vanity search. I _know_ I’ve posted since 1/11, but the last post it can find by me is one in a Buffy thread. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/39 "2004-01-14T17:17:59Z")
The Forum Jump menu works intermittently. Sometimes the menu pops up, but can’t be chosen from. At other times the pop up menu just isn’t shown. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-version-bug-reports/224195/40 "2004-01-14T17:21:43Z")
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