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2muchfun

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Mid West    99

Mid West
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Having read through this thread, it seems the changes were made from the premise of making the sites easier to manage and update for the site owners and not from the premise of making a better experience for the user.

It's such a shame that the glitches and changes have obviously put some people off. There are so many less new threads these days - Alex, I'm sorry but it's a shadow of what you/we had before!

Brings to mind the old saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

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Seela    1,187

Seela
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Are you using the web site or app ? This will change shortly.

I'm mostly using the app on android

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m1aman    944

m1aman
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The good news is my spell checker seems to be working now.

f-confused-cat-is-confused-10099-th.jpg we got spell checker now?

Ha! In my browser, Firefox. It wasn't working, now it is. I think.....

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☠carolinagirl☠    18,722

☠carolinagirl☠
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The good news is my spell checker seems to be working now.

f-confused-cat-is-confused-10099-th.jpg we got spell checker now?

Ha! In my browser, Firefox. It wasn't working, now it is. I think.....

Confused-Cat-Meme-2.jpg

me most days :)

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Bandista    7,466

Bandista
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Hi Alex, I'm on my iPad -- cannot creat a new post from here. Can comment, so I've been doing that as much as possible for snowballing, etc. I tried the iPad app for Bariatric Pal and had to go back to the web for the regular version because on the iPad I couldn't make the text big enough -- can't stretch it to be able to see. I did go to fonts and made that as big as possible but iPad users are always going to want to swipe, enlarge, make smaller, etc. Couldn't do that via the app. Hope that helps! Also if I click the link for reporting problems, it comes up with a weird lime about visiting the URL where I already am.

Thanks for all YOUR hard work perseverance and patience. Can't imagine the back end of something like this. I am newly banded, a LB Talk member since June. I learned so much here and really appreciate all the of the people contributing. I think there is frustration with the sorting -- all the old stuff and trending topics so old, etc. Best wishes!

I totally understand the issues you're having with the current apps. Hopefully our new apps will resolve most of your current issues. In the interim, let's see if we can fix your current issues.

What exactly happens when you attempt to start a new topic ? Do you receive an error ? Do you know if you're using our mobile skin or our full web site on your iPad ? We have a mobile version of our web site that's available on mobile devices.

Please don't bother reporting problems within the current apps. We don't receive these reports. We will receive them once the new apps are released.

My plan is to replicate the LBT experience on here. Give us a little time to make some tweaks and changes and things will start feeling more comfortable.

Hi Alex, thanks for all your hard work with these sites. It will be worth it in the end and I'm sure you'll have support of your loyal members. To answer your question above (and let's see if the multiple quote function is wonky while we are at it), I am using the full web version but on my iPad. When I try to create new content, the title goes in fine but then the body of the post is blank. The cursor progresses with each keystroke so I know the letters are there, but I can't see them. Translucent. Weird, huh? I am able to create a new post at a desktop computer, however. If you need an iPad user to test anything you can message me.

Happy to hear there is an exercise forum, too. I will look for that. Best wishes as you get all the kinks out. You should see the Common App website troubles. We live in complicated times!

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Bandista    7,466

Bandista
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I can see the multiple quotes above along with my new post, so that's fine from here......

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Terry Poperszky    2,784

Terry Poperszky
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......am just gonna go color in the corner......

Better yet, fix you and the hubbie some fish for dinner

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☠carolinagirl☠    18,722

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......am just gonna go color in the corner......

Better yet, fix you and the hubbie some fish for dinner

here is the ONLY way i would ever eat fish.....

babies_who_totally_get_food_addiction_15

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backpacking5    224

backpacking5
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the only thing I can tell off hand is it is a 64-bit system

Windows 7

I tested on that same exact setup...no issues thus far. Were you posting or browsing ? At what point did it crash please ?

It takes a loooong time to load the page, crashes, reloads then usually works pretty good. But if I close out the screen then try to come back it goes through the same cycle of slow to load, crash, reload. I can't post anything until it goes through the cycle.

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mrsto    2,925

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......am just gonna go color in the corner......

Better yet, fix you and the hubbie some fish for dinner

here is the ONLY way i would ever eat fish.....

babies_who_totally_get_food_addiction_15

OMG - that is just harsh - lol!

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No game    14,437

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Better yet, fix you and the hubbie some fish for dinner</blockquote> here is the ONLY way i would ever eat fish..... <img src="http://img.izismile.com/img/img6/20131108/1000/babies_who_totally_get_food_addiction_15.gif" alt="babies_who_totally_get_food_addiction_15">

Lol! That is wrong on so many levels!! :P

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intelirish    714

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......am just gonna go color in the corner......

Better yet, fix you and the hubbie some fish for dinner

here is the ONLY way i would ever eat fish.....

babies_who_totally_get_food_addiction_15

OMG that is hilarious.. i totally feel the same way about fish :)

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intelirish    714

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Hi Alex, I'm on my iPad -- cannot creat a new post from here. Can comment, so I've been doing that as much as possible for snowballing, etc. I tried the iPad app for Bariatric Pal and had to go back to the web for the regular version because on the iPad I couldn't make the text big enough -- can't stretch it to be able to see. I did go to fonts and made that as big as possible but iPad users are always going to want to swipe, enlarge, make smaller, etc. Couldn't do that via the app. Hope that helps! Also if I click the link for reporting problems, it comes up with a weird lime about visiting the URL where I already am.

Thanks for all YOUR hard work perseverance and patience. Can't imagine the back end of something like this. I am newly banded, a LB Talk member since June. I learned so much here and really appreciate all the of the people contributing. I think there is frustration with the sorting -- all the old stuff and trending topics so old, etc. Best wishes!

Hey Bandista.. can i just say one word for your troubles.... "IPAD"... lol sorry so not a fan of apple and all the hype that company generates.. i feel like we should just chant we are Borg you will be assimilated....

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2muchfun    8,928

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......am just gonna go color in the corner......

Could you please try to color inside the lines this time B) and please don't eat the green crayons.

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