Emoticon Malfunction: Attn Webmaster

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HealthAndHappiness

HealthAndHappiness

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I just want to report an emoticon malfunction.

When I hit the thumbs up icon to bring up the options, they appear momentarily and then disappear. When clicking on the blank space , they apply random symbols.
You really can't control it. I have been using trial and error to find them or giving up. I thought the webmaster should know about the glitch so it can be corrected.

Health and Happiness
 
Lynx

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I just tried one and it works on my end.

Android 14
ThinkPhone
Firefox

(Just mentioning this in case it helps narrow the problem down.)
 
seoulsearch

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Lynx said:
I just tried one and it works on my end.

Android 14
ThinkPhone
Firefox

(Just mentioning this in case it helps narrow the problem down.)
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I can't even get CC to load in Firefox anymore, but I have been unwilling to clear the cache because I currently have too many things I'd have to go back and re-set-up.

I've tried several resets and cache-clearing methods via helpful suggestions from @Eli1, but no dice -- still has the same glitch after several tries.

Currently, only my phone (Android) and Opera browser on my laptop will allow me to choose emoji's from the reaction list.
 
HealthAndHappiness

HealthAndHappiness

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seoulsearch said:
I can't even get CC to load in Firefox anymore, but I have been unwilling to clear the cache because I currently have too many things I'd have to go back and re-set-up.

I've tried several resets and cache-clearing methods via helpful suggestions from @Eli1, but no dice -- still has the same glitch after several tries.

Currently, only my phone (Android) and Opera browser on my laptop will allow me to choose emoji's from the reaction list.
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I discovered that although they don't appear in the list, if I hold my finger on them, the words come up. That allows me to scroll and get them. It sounds like there's a website glitch since I'm not the only one having issues with them.
 
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rogerg

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HealthAndHappiness said:
I just want to report an emoticon malfunction.

When I hit the thumbs up icon to bring up the options, they appear momentarily and then disappear. When clicking on the blank space , they apply random symbols.
You really can't control it. I have been using trial and error to find them or giving up. I thought the webmaster should know about the glitch so it can be corrected.

Health and Happiness
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Me too re the emoticon malfunction.
 
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rogerg

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GRACE_ambassador said:
Funny thing - for me they work in Firefox, but when I downloaded Brave, then I got
the...

...'malfunction' :cry:
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Thank you for the update, GRACE ambassador – that's good to know. I hope the issue will be resolved quickly.
 
Magenta

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HealthAndHappiness said:
I discovered that although they don't appear in the list, if I hold my finger on them, the words come up. That allows
me to scroll and get them. It sounds like there's a website glitch since I'm not the only one having issues with them.
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I can hover over where they are supposed to be also, but am unable
to select any in Edge since Tuesday. They work fine for me in FireFox.
Even before that I was getting error messages in Edge while trying
to leave a reaction, but they were still functional if I persisted.

:)
 
tourist

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HealthAndHappiness said:
I just want to report an emoticon malfunction.

When I hit the thumbs up icon to bring up the options, they appear momentarily and then disappear. When clicking on the blank space , they apply random symbols.
You really can't control it. I have been using trial and error to find them or giving up. I thought the webmaster should know about the glitch so it can be corrected.

Health and Happiness
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I had the same problem. My browser was MS Edge. I believe that a recent update screwed up that function. I have a Wave browser that I never used. Tried it. Signed on to christianchat.com. No problem with the emoticons whatsoever.
 
HealthAndHappiness

HealthAndHappiness

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Just smacking the thumbs up works as usual here, but I see a blank space between the brackets. Android system looks like this:. ( .............,....................................... ), but without the dots for space.

We'll just have to be careful with sarcasm 😉 and such until they get it figured out. If I say anything more over the top than usual, I am probably either being sarcastic or dealing with challenges. 😄
 
Lynx

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I just got my tello account in the mail, so as soon as I get that fired up I will test this malfunction on my laptop with a Linux distro.
 
Eli1

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I was able to reproduce this on Microsoft Edge.
This sounds like a windows update to me but now that i can reproduce it, i may be able to find out what's causing it.

Is this what you're all seeing?

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GRACE_ambassador

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Eli1 said:
I was able to reproduce this on Microsoft Edge.
This sounds like a windows update to me but now that i can reproduce it, i may be able to find out what's causing it.

Is this what you're all seeing?

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Yes, in my Brave browser the emoticons "flash for a millisecond" and then wahla! = the above ;)
 
Eli1

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Looks like a rendering issue due to some sort of update from Microsoft.
Could take a while to figure out.
Ms updates can break all sorts of things in large environments and they are usually pushed out 1 month after testing internally.
I will check to see if i can find out what could be causing this.
I already tried a few settings in Edge but it didn't work so far.
I'll keep checking.
 
tourist

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Eli1 said:
I was able to reproduce this on Microsoft Edge.
This sounds like a windows update to me but now that i can reproduce it, i may be able to find out what's causing it.

Is this what you're all seeing?

View attachment 267772
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Yeah, that's it. Icons flash briefly then disappear.
 
tourist

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Eli1 said:
Looks like a rendering issue due to some sort of update from Microsoft.
Could take a while to figure out.
Ms updates can break all sorts of things in large environments and they are usually pushed out 1 month after testing internally.
I will check to see if i can find out what could be causing this.
I already tried a few settings in Edge but it didn't work so far.
I'll keep checking.
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I have Edge too. Problem occurred right after one of MS frequent updates. Using Wave now with no problems.
 
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