Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
When I access this forum using the iPad, the toolbar with fonts, font characteristics, paragraph format, insert image, link, emoticon etc. appears for maybe a half-second and then disappears. Is that normal or is there something that I'm doing wrong?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.6), iPad-1 IOS 4.3
You're right--I should give Atomic a try, instead of just gnashing my teeth.
Safari's performance on the iPad on the iPad forums falls into "the jokes just write themselves" category.
No they won't notice about your point total--they'll be too busy dealing with complaints about the absence of Flash. It does make me wonder why the necessity for the constant signing in. Are they afraid we'll hack ourselves to the next level?
Demo wrote:
There is a 15 minute time limit to edit your post - on a computer - I'm pretty sure. I use Safari and iCab on my iPad and if I walk away from the iPad or the computer for longer than 10 minutes or so, I have to sign back in - no matter what browser or device I use.
That is a relatively new annoying feature that The site designers must have implemented because I used to be able to stay signed in all night. I could go to bed, leave the iPad or computer signed into this site, and be able to pick up where I left off. Now I feel like I'm signing in every 10 minutes.
I have no preference regarding the requirement to sign in after a brief timer but I do believe that the editing timer should be brief. I see it as primarily a mechanism to correct mis-spellings and/or poor grammar. If the timer is too long and the poster changes the content or meaning of the post, the responses will be a mess.
It's an issue with webkit and Javascript, which is used by Safari and other apps on all platforms.
-> http://www.symphonious.net/2010/09/13/contenteditable-in-mobile-webkit/
-> http://axonflux.com/mobile-safari-and-the-ipad-do-not-support-con
Well, i'm on the free Atomic now and it's no different. I have other things to do but, when I get the chance, i'll try the 99-cent version.
KP .....
How do you identify Atomic in order to get the editor function. I downloaded it and spent a whole $.99 for this thing and I still can't get to the editor functions to appear. It shows up for a brief second or two and then disappears just like in Safari. What magic do you posses sir?
Guys, there have been loads of discussion on this on the 'Using Apple Support Communities' forum.
These forums just don't work correctly on the iPad and it is long overdue for Apple to have fixed this.
For me, Safari doesn't show the formatting bar when 'replying'. Although I can get the formatting bar in Atomic or iCab (the best browser on the iPad, IMO), the keyboard won't popup.
So, I am stuck with Safari for use of this forum.
Elizabeth Ingraham wrote:
Do other iPad browsers also require constant signing in to the forums?
Yes, they do Elizabeth, and it's really annoying!
Look at Don's reply in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3041041?answerId=15144769022#15144769022 - very useful.
Yes, lg, there have too many discussions about this. But KP claimed that the edit functions worked with the Atomic Browser. It doesn't work for me. I have the same experience that you describe, the formatting bar appears but the keyboard does not pop up. I also think that iCab is the best overall browser for the iPad, but the one browser that I have the most success with on this site is Safari. Other than using it for this site, I would probably delet Safari if I could do so.
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And because you can't edit I hit the wrong letter and let the reply go before I checked it .. sorry ig!!!
Sorry, but I thought it was working when I tried it a couple of days ago, I thought that I'd tried typing and that it had worked - obviously I was wrong. You can get the keyboard if you go into the HTML option on the right end of the edit bar (though that then hides the edit bar), but you then don't get the 'cursor' or the hourglass repositioning function - which is no good if you're as good a typist as me and have to keep going back to correct spellings and add missing words (as you don't appear to be able to unless you delete back to where you want to correct).
Identifying the browser as something other than iPad shows the edit bar, but it doesn't seem to allow the keyboard to be used (I thought it did when I tried it a couple of days ago). You can use the HTML option on the end of the edit bar (which hides the edit bar), but you then don't get the 'cursor' or the hourglass repositioning function - which I suppose is okay if you're a good typist (unlike me) and don't have to keep going back to correct spellings and add missing words (as you don't appear to be able to unless you delete back to where you want to correct). And going back to the 'full editor' with the edit bar does allow you to add an emoticon, but it adds it before the text that you've just entered
I just find it quite staggering that Apple have not fixed this yet. I mean how many weeks have we had the new format for now?
Perhaps we're not supposed to use the forums on their newest technology ? I do find that I now tend to use the forums more on my computer than my iPad
No problem. I thought I was missing something. I agree with you ig ...Apples own forum and it is real pain to use with their hottest selling device. BTW ... I read here that a company named Jive is actually developing this site for Apple and not Apple themselves.
I don't know if it will throw any more light, but have a look at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3012324?start=0&tstart=0 the Jive situation is mentioned there.
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