Why does Apple Forum not accept questions from an iOS9 iPad Air?

It is almost like the AppleJiveTeam did a restore from backup... Phantoms are more prevalent lately than say last week... Your post to which I reply has two different font sizes in paragraphs 1 & 2... more of the OLD same ole same ole

Typing a space was only one of many work arounds a person can use. Using HTML editor is another, trying different brosers and keyboards a couple more.

Actually the double caps are a design feature. There was a two for one sale on capital letters when the Forum was being designed and who can avoid a sale ?

To be clear... the FONT size is a TinyMCE issue - just like the DDouble cappy thingy

Yikes ! I did that ?

I knew we were going to pay for the Forum being down yesterday. Add to the current list of problems is delayed email responces.

I tally two(2) delayed in transit email notices today (never before experienced that I recall)...

I sort my email by SENT>Descending - selected for reply in MailApp then return to find one "underneath" it [is that it?]

I also follow 3 forums... for several weeks, I have been randomly missing the OPost but do get the 1st reply

I'll betcha 'Notifications' is a separate "Module" that needs to be 'communicated with' - remember the image(s) of the complex Architecture? All the cylinders are different databases and services. UserData + Messages + Services if memory serves. Maybe more.

You 'unpinch' and I COMMAND + "+" to Zoooooom

It was your "followup" issue...

blackxacto Nov 18, 2015 6:54 PM
Re: Why does Apple Forum not accept questions from an iOS9 iPad Air? in response to Meg St._Clair

TYping in IOS 9 on my pad in the Apple forum always produces double CAPS. See the front of the sentence?

typing in the forum window is a disgusting process On an iPad Air. Better done in OSX.

to which I replied...

ChitlinsCC Nov 18, 2015 7:05 PM
Re: Why does Apple Forum not accept questions from an iOS9 iPad Air? in response to blackxacto

The DubbleCap is a known issue with iPads. The Rich Text Editor is an "add-on" to the SiteWare - Jivesoftware - it is Open Source and I don't believe it has been 'monkeyed with' like the AppleJiveWare that runs the rest.

If I remember AlohaBob's workaround right, he types a SPACE before starting the first paragraph (it only occurs on paragraph one)

The " add-on " to which I referred is named "TinyMCE" > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinymce

Then Bob. myself & Meg began discussing the fact that there are many 'glitches' that we deal with every day - some have been addressed (or so we have been assured) that are now recurring with greater frequency

What does that mean to you? If you wish to participate here, you must learned the tricks (if any, and there are some) or patience as there is no recourse.

again, your followup issue & my workaround(Bob's) spawned followup discussion of another 'quirk' in TinyMCE - unexpected FONTsize changes in the 'transition' between composing a reply and its actual posting.

I Zoomed the text way up in Firefox to make the difference more apparent. AlohaBob made a funny - " Yikes ! I did that ? "

Soooo, you actually brought this on yourself 😉 with your followup DoubleCap issue post.

Believe it or not, you'll get used to it - or else tolerate it -- as "it is what it is"

Unfortunately, you still got it wrong - at least partly...

1. No add-on for ASC with regard to writing posts - BUT...
2. I do use an add-on called "Stylish" to invoke a custom Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) that makes viewing the forums and threads more "desktop friendly" - see:

• Stylish | Adjust the format and layout of ASC Web Pages | Apple Support Communities
• Adjust the format and layout of ASC Web Pages - Themes and Skins for Apple - userstyles.org < ready made CSS
• Stylish :: Add-ons for Firefox
• Stylish - Chrome Web Store

Regarding your misunderstanding:

1. ASC runs on a heavily customized version of Jivesoftware - I call it AppleJiveWare - there is a real 'department' called the Apple Jive Team that hires Jivesoftware Custom Coders
2. TinyMCE is the Rich Text Editor implemented as a "module" or "Add-on" TO Jivesoftware in all its versions - and thus, AppleJiveWare - I know of no major modifications to it.

I do use a Mac. Firefox is my browser of choice. I do NOT experience the DDouble CCap anomaly that iPad users do. I DO see FONTsize anomalies sporadically.

For everyone, regardless of platform, the FONTsize 'switcheroo' happens in the "limbo" between the [Reply] button and the display of the result in the thread.

AlohaBob uses an iPad EXCLUSIVELY. Any issue you have with iPad & ASC = he is THE MAN

To recap... Everyone has issues of some sort. iPad has its very own glitch with DDouble CCaps on the FIRST Paragraph that can be defeated in any one of several ways that AlohaBob has posted earlier in response to my initial tip of typing a SPACE first, then proceeding normally. There is no real reason to mess with a point size difference - more trouble than it is worth.

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