Emoticon Malfunction: Attn Webmaster

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Magenta

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My reactions are still working in Firefox but not showing up on my phone... nor in Edge.
 
Eli1

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JohnDB said:
Uggghhhh
And I used to like using the emoticons.

Any hope of a patch to fix all this?

I miss the things....after all the clock needs to be used.
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Eventually it will get resolved because many people will complain in Microsoft forums and then they release another patch to address their “features”.
This happens frequently.

use a non chromium browser for now like Firefox because downgrading is not recommended in today’s internet landscape.
 
Eli1

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Firefox is the continuation of Netscape back in the day during the first browser war between Microsofts internet explorer and Netscape.
netscape engineers then developed what we now know as Firefox.
so the design is completley different from chromium browser. Safari also works too.
Any phone using a chromium based browser will be affected too.
Safari isn’t.
 
Magenta

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Eli1 said:
Firefox is the continuation of Netscape back in the day during the first browser war between Microsofts internet explorer and Netscape.
netscape engineers then developed what we now know as Firefox.
so the design is completley different from chromium browser. Safari also works too.
Any phone using a chromium based browser will be affected too.
Safari isn’t.
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Wow. Netscape! I remember that word LOL.
 
2ndTimeIsTheCharm

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I'm having problems with this too. When I click on the "agree" reaction emoji ( green check button), it just keeps saying to wait 3 seconds. I try counting slowly to 3 and it still doesn't work.


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Lynx

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I just posted a reaction in Chrome browser. If I hold my finger over the blank reaction bar, the words still pop up for what reaction I have my finger on. I just slide my finger until the word I'm looking for appears, and voila!

I just left a friendly reaction to second times post.
 
Ballaurena

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Eli1 said:
All chromium based browsers seem to be doing some major update but Firefox which is a non-chromium based browser is not affected.
Now, it would help if the administrators here told the public if they're changing anything on their end, but i think it's mainly related to the September 19 chromium update which everyone in the world is going to get. Everyone who is using a chromium based browser.
The 3 second thingy is also something that i get when i try to give a reaction too quickly, so that setting hasn't changed but it's more obvious now that people try to click the emojis quickly since they're hard to press and they disappear.
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Thank you for all the good input but I'm confused about your notes on the "3 second thingy." I don't remember encountering this before, though I am not certain. I have encountered it multiple times in the last few days and for reasons I don't understand since it surely took me more than 3 seconds to read some of those posts and the response options, and that also doesn't explain why I couldn't respond to one poster in Chrome at all, even despite refreshing the page. All this was fine in Firefox. I guess I will switch to Firefox for now.
 
Eli1

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Ballaurena said:
Thank you for all the good input but I'm confused about your notes on the "3 second thingy." I don't remember encountering this before, though I am not certain. I have encountered it multiple times in the last few days and for reasons I don't understand since it surely took me more than 3 seconds to read some of those posts and the response options, and that also doesn't explain why I couldn't respond to one poster in Chrome at all, even despite refreshing the page. All this was fine in Firefox. I guess I will switch to Firefox for now.
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The 3 second error is basically another anomaly in regards to the latest chromium browser updates.
Sometimes you get a black reaction screen on the list of emojies and sometimes you get a 3 second warning. Post #38 is an example with a screenshot.
Both of these errors are caused by updates in the javascript functions i'm guessing so we are seeing the side effects in these two types of errors so far.
Yes, use Firefox for now since it's not a chromium based browser and the other chromium browsers will get fixed eventually by another update since many people will be complaining in Microsoft forums.
It's a common thing with these updates when Microsoft or Google push out something that the majority of people don't like and then they roll it back ... hopefully.
 
Sculpt

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Eli1 said:
Thank you for the screenshot.
Looks to me that this chromium based update is now exhibiting itself in this format too.
Basically the reactions on the site are using javascript and CSS (cascade style sheets). Because the chromium browsers have been updated, the error seems to show itself in two ways so far. One is the disappearing emojis and the other is the 3 second timeout.
Both cases are using javascript.

Personally i don't think any of these issues that people are experiencing are related to anything the owners are doing on this site, but they can clear this up with a simple comment.
I just don't think it's related because if you downgrade your browser before September 19, then everything works fine.
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I'm having the issue too. Thanks for looking into this Eli1! Guess we just have to wait for Edge to update, or we can add our complaints to MS/Edge forum (if you have any links for that). Did CC give you the info on the forum software you requested?
 
2ndTimeIsTheCharm

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I just switch over to the Firefox browser and so far the reaction emoticons are working well.


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Eli1

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Sculpt said:
I'm having the issue too. Thanks for looking into this Eli1! Guess we just have to wait for Edge to update, or we can add our complaints to MS/Edge forum (if you have any links for that). Did CC give you the info on the forum software you requested?
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The admins here have not said anything about what we’re discussing but the software of this forum is call XenForo.
As far as Microsoft forums , I can try to post a link later because I’m on a phone right now.

Use Firefox for now as a workaround.
 
Eli1

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You could try the beta version of Edge, but just use Firefox for now until the Chrome geniuses in all their wisdom fix their mistake on the next few patches hopefully.
 
2ndTimeIsTheCharm

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Opera browser uses Chrome and it just updated today. The emoji reaction icons work fine now on Opera. So probably Chrome will well too.

I still like Firefox though, so I'm going to use both.


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Jimbone

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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. I can ONLY give thumbs up now, clicking on the blank space does nothing when I do it.
 
Eli1

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It looks like Edge got an update yesterday but still no fix on the javascript.
Maybe they fix it soon on the next couple of releases.

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seed_time_harvest

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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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It works fine on my iPhone and my old iPad but not on my new Android tablet..

Using Microsoft edge.
 
seed_time_harvest

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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'm going to try Firefox and I'll let you know if it worked.🙂
 
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