Firefox 6 breaks forums post editor.

Just a note of caution.

The rich text editor of the forum doesn't work with the new Firefox 6 upgrade.  So you'd have to post your own html in there in order to get a post to format into anything but plain text on one line...

So either the forum software needs updating in order to be compliant with the new browser or Firefox users will have to revert to 3.6 just to post on the forum (or use another browser).

The fact that ASP playground states 3.9 is the current version of the forum software and Cakewalk are still using version 3.5 may be the underlying cause of the problem.

I'm on 5.0 but...when I checked that, I noticed it was downloading something.... possibly 6.0 update? I will find out soon enough.....

OK that's exactly what it was... the update to FF 6.0 So for good measure, I decided to log off totally and restart FF and log back in to the forum to give it a proper test. I have typed this long post without hitting the return to see what it does. so.... here goes.... ready to submit the post. EDIT: results.... in the window I type in I have 4 lines, but I see 2 in the thread...so.... I'm good with that. Double space test here And here and here OK the double space test failed. might have to revert to FF5.0

ah, how can this forum get any brokener?!

Guitarhacker


Fire fox managed to do it

It's hard to say what broke what.

The forum uses a non-standard text-editor embedded in it's software, so if the forum software was updated to the latest version maybe the issue wouldn't arise on the latest version of Firefox.

So it could be the newer browser is just showing up the non compliance of the old forum software rather than the browser being 'faulty'.

Whatever, the net result is one ain't working with the other, we can't change the forum software which means, use another browser, roll-back to an earlier version or refuse the update to version 6 when Firefox offers it.

bapu


Will X1c work on the forum?

That's my browser of choice.
(orisit?)

'Orisit' is a good browser.

(or is it?)

What Chrome (orisit) has to do with Firefox is beyond me.

I just wanted to post something  today.

I am so busy......

Bub


But then again, I'm only running a 2 year old Intel i5 Quad Core 2.67GHz w/4GB RAM and Windows 7 x64, so I'm sure I need to upgrade this piece of ****.

Report back when you do (upgrade that is).

And for that I shall pay a heavy tax dearly through penance, no doubt.

I think I may be already.
(sorry, that is)

Let me see if I've got this right...

1)  IE has been working with this forum just fine
2)  IE is mostly used by people of lower IQ
3)  FireFox isn't working with this forum

Conclusion:  If you want to hang out in the Coffee House it helps to have a lower IQ?

(or did I miss something?)

I lowered my IQ and ended up with more bass.

I wasn't expecting that.

I went to Panup's forum and couldn't click on the links with Firefox 6. I had to use Opera. I even posted  that I couldn't find the links and Panup PMed me with the links I still could use with FF 6. The normal tools for posting with FF for this forum don't work. 

So even though I am no fan of the forum software it isn't the forum software's fault. FF is broken.

bitflipper

I'm on 5 and didn't know a 6 had come out.

Better hurry...version 7 is due out in the morning and version 8 will be along next Tuesday. Must be a lot of Firefox fans over at Native Instruments.

That rough, eh?

John


I went to Panup's forum and couldn't click on the links with Firefox 6. I had to use Opera. I even posted  that I couldn't find the links and Panup PMed me with the links I still could use with FF 6. The normal tools for posting with FF for this forum don't work. 

So even though I am no fan of the forum software it isn't the forum software's fault. FF is broken.

Ahh, I get it now.

If you upgrade Firefox, and it doesn't work on certain sites but the older version of it works fine, Firefox is broken.?

But when you upgrade Sonar from a previous version that worked perfectly and it brings down the computer you need to re-install/upgrade your OS and replace your hardware because there's something wrong with your machine?

Did you even read this post?
http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=2367039

The forum is written with Microsoft's proprietory scripting extensions .asp which is notoriously bad for following web-standards compliance on top of the fact this particular board is four point versions out of date!  The web has moved on quite a bit since 2009 when this board software was last updated.

Firefox have shot themselves in the foot as well by capitulating to the mass stupidity that thinks that the higher the major version number the 'cooler' the software.  In reality for the extra features Firefox has over 3.6.* it would be at around 3.7.5 by now using their old update naming conventions.

I'm back to version 3.6.2 now just to accommodate this board, which is no big deal as despite the BIG version numbers it is still maintained  and pretty much a rollback to the previous point release despite the scary big number drop.