Charles Anthony Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Let us call a spade a spade. You want it to be easier to take somebody's words out of context. I do not believe the lack of word-wrap in a plain-text editor represents anything is broken. That is how coding windows SHOULD work. I have no idea why the word wrapping no longer exists in the simple editor. [similarly, I have no idea why MicroSoft8.1 is more difficult to turn on and off than Dos3.1 ever was.] I have my unsupported suspicions that I can not prove but I am comfortable with them. I believe it has to do with exogenous internet "security" more than anything else. Send me a PM and I will be glad to tell you more privately. Frankly, I do not see it as a problem. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-P still work for me except on my MacBookPro which only has 1 Ctrl- button on the bottom left --- I prefer it on the right. I see text running off the side of my browser windows all of the time on the internet. The paralysis some of you folks are having with this is bizarre. This is nothing more than elementary algebra applied to words. Surely to goodness, this is not the only place on the net where you have had to deal with words running off the side of a page. I learned to type on an old-fashioned type-writer wherein I had to lift 5 fingers --- not any 5, mind you; they had to be on the same hand! --- to solve this problem. When I got frustrated with that challenge, the typewriter fell off the table! What changed from when this was easy?Exactly. Switch from this editor to that editor, copy and paste the coding,The need to copy-paste the opening and closing quotes has always been there from the start. That is not changed. Can we all at least agree to recognize that as fact?? That is a serious question because if we can not agree on that fact, the problem lies elsewhere. Funny how a decade ago when there was NEVER even the semblance of a WYSIWIG editor, nobody complained and more than enough people were able to master copy-pasting successfully to suggest the problem is with the user. switch back, format appropriately, insert your replies, blah blah blah. This software is a mess. You are not obligated to use the extra tools available to you if you can not handle them. The old tools still work --- minus the word wrap. Personally, I like the extra tools. They make it easier to change the font and insert hyperlinks. Before, I had to copy-paste to change the font. Now, I just have to click buttons. Word wrap makes no sense in a coding window anyway. It should not have been there from the start. If people intend to take somebody's words out of context, it should not be flippantly easy to execute. If you can not handle the logic of coding, then you have no business expecting the tools of coding to work for you in your quest to change the publication of somebody else's words. What changed from when this was easy? The automatic embedding of quotes within quotes was turned off because too many people were lazily abusing it. As such, it made it difficult for folks to learn the logic of coding --- i.e., opening and closing of quotes copy-pasta -- by seeing the example of those who understand it. The newer versions of the software try to make a best guess when people fail to open or close a quote properly in their code. The alternative is worse when people submitted illogical code. Quote We do not have time for a meeting of the flat earth society. << Où sont mes amis ? Ils sont ici, ils sont ici... >> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted March 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 I also don't understand the push back for some that like to break up quotes. The argument that it breaks it up and gives one the ability to take words out of context is laughable at best. The trollish behavior on this site takes things out of context and derails things a lot more. Even when some quote the entire thing (which seems to go against forum rules at times as you can't quote the WHOLE thing, so you need to cut it up.. but then people take it out of context) Was there was an update to the site recently then that could be an explanation as to why it is happening? Quote Google : Webster Griffin Tarpley, Gerald Celente, Max Keiser ohm on soundcloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 It works just fine for me....American forum engine...American browser...American operating system....American hosting service. Quoting is no more difficult at all. Quote Economics trumps Virtue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) It works just fine for me....American forum engine...American browser...American operating system....American hosting service. Quoting is no more difficult at all. With a computer made in China. Bet your treasured American flag you own was made in China as well. But this is the new standard at MLW. Ask a question, get belittled by moderation and trolled by certain members. Edited March 24, 2015 by GostHacked Quote Google : Webster Griffin Tarpley, Gerald Celente, Max Keiser ohm on soundcloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) What are the chances of a better mobile version? I'm guessing it's my Android's text editor that does quirky things when I try to write anything in the forum's reply box, like suddenly placing the text I'm Swyping in amongst the text I'm quoting or wiping out whole paragraphs with a single touch of the backspace button. I can't properly select cut copy or paste text in the forum reply box on my phone. After I hit the quote button to reply to a post I cut and paste everything into a text app then back to the reply box when I'm done. Manually typing quote code is easy enough with the auto text. No problems with the desktop functions but there is no desktop out on the boat so... Edited March 24, 2015 by eyeball Quote A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) What changed from when this was easy?Ditto. As the kids say, this thread is tl&dr. Whatever, fix it. Edited March 24, 2015 by August1991 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Ditto. As the kids say, this thread is tl&dr. Whatever, fix it. There's nobody to fix anything. The site is no longer being maintained, remember. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 There's nobody to fix anything. The site is no longer being maintained, remember. Then they need to close the site, or give it up to someone else if they have no more interest in the site. Quote Google : Webster Griffin Tarpley, Gerald Celente, Max Keiser ohm on soundcloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Charles, you're so very helpful. I don't know what we would do without you here. I've really had trouble handling the tools, as you can tell from all of the broken quotes in posts. Quote "Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions." --Thomas Jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Just because it's cumbersome and outdated, doesn't mean people don't know how to use it. The Invision software is just clunky and unintuitive for people who haven't been using forums for years and years. The features don't work as they ought to, so I'm left coding my posts by hand most of the time. I have no problem doing that because I've been using message boards for almost 25 years. I've been a system administrator for newgroups and IRC servers. I ran a Bulletin Board System when I was a kid.The problem is when people expect things to work a certain way and they don't, well, they get frustrated. What's going on here is like having your driver's side car door handle stuck. It works sometimes, but most of the time it doesn't. Your arrogant and condescending response is to tell people they're idiots for not crawling through the trunk. It's not helpful when people are looking for support. Look, if you guys are too tired or just don't give a crap anymore about the forum, just say so. Bury the damn thing and let people migrate elsewhere. Because more and more every day that's the way it looks whenever anyone interacts with you. Quote "Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions." --Thomas Jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Oh great....as if attacking the forum moderator(s) wasn't enough. Last time I checked, nobody was holding a gun to anybody's head 'round here, forcing them to remain members and suffer the horrors of inconsistent word wrapping in quoted text. Quote Economics trumps Virtue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Oh great....as if attacking the forum moderator(s) wasn't enough. Last time I checked, nobody was holding a gun to anybody's head 'round here, forcing them to remain members and suffer the horrors of inconsistent word wrapping in quoted text. Your contribution is about as useful as always. Quote "Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions." --Thomas Jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Your contribution is about as useful as always. We know HOW it's useful. Quote Google : Webster Griffin Tarpley, Gerald Celente, Max Keiser ohm on soundcloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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