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Is anyone else experiencing difficulty with typing responses to posts? There are huge delays in response to my keyboard inputs such that it can take a very, very, very long time type a response to a post. I do not have this issue with any other website. Sometimes I just give up trying to type a response.
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I have the same problem as the OP...I think it happens more when I quote someone. Typing this post was normal.
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Is anyone else experiencing difficulty with typing responses to posts? There are huge delays in response to my keyboard inputs such that it can take a very, very, very long time type a response to a post. I do not have this issue with any other website. Sometimes I just give up trying to type a response.
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Is anyone else experiencing difficulty with typing responses to posts? There are huge delays in response to my keyboard inputs such that it can take a very, very, very long time type a response to a post. I do not have this issue with any other website. Sometimes I just give up trying to type a response.
Sorry if this should be posted elsewhere.
Sorry if this should be posted elsewhere.
If you are running Windows, do the alt-control-delete thing and go to task manager and see if there are some processes that's not supposed to be there (assume you know what's supposed to be there in the first place). And you could do the same with Activity Monitor on OS X.
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I encounter the same issue when doing a quick reply, but if I go to the advanced reply it works fine. I'm running IE11. Maybe that's the issue
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I see it often. ON Win 7 using Chrome, IE or firefox. I think it is how they implemented ads. Might be the only solution, unless BF comes on here, is to run the adblock suggested.
I wouldn't expect an Intel i7 Extreme with 32 Gig ram, SSD and a water cooled processor overclocked to 4.5 Ghz and capable of 150 frames per second with a full physics engine running to be the problem but I see it on there too when on this site
I wouldn't expect an Intel i7 Extreme with 32 Gig ram, SSD and a water cooled processor overclocked to 4.5 Ghz and capable of 150 frames per second with a full physics engine running to be the problem but I see it on there too when on this site
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I do experience slow typing sometimes but not real often. Often times though, I'll type up a reply to a post, hit "post reply" and it'll ask me to log back in to post it even though I was already logged in. Not a big deal but nonetheless annoying.
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What kind of chain lube are you using..?
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I see it often. ON Win 7 using Chrome, IE or firefox. I think it is how they implemented ads. Might be the only solution, unless BF comes on here, is to run the adblock suggested.
I wouldn't expect an Intel i7 Extreme with 32 Gig ram, SSD and a water cooled processor overclocked to 4.5 Ghz and capable of 150 frames per second with a full physics engine running to be the problem but I see it on there too when on this site
I wouldn't expect an Intel i7 Extreme with 32 Gig ram, SSD and a water cooled processor overclocked to 4.5 Ghz and capable of 150 frames per second with a full physics engine running to be the problem but I see it on there too when on this site
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It's just a problem for disc brake users.
Actually I'm having the same situation on an intermittent basis with my iPad.
Actually I'm having the same situation on an intermittent basis with my iPad.
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When something like what you described happens, it really could be a whole bunch of reasons, and without knowing the OS (Windows/OS X/Linux/...) and browser (IE/Chrom/Firefox/Safari/...), it's very hard to even guess. Most of the times, there is "runaway" process - computer term meaning something is not supposed to be running but is - that's taking away the computer's CPU; it could be a Flash plug-in which is notorious for this kind of thing historically or some Java background app.
If you are running Windows, do the alt-control-delete thing and go to task manager and see if there are some processes that's not supposed to be there (assume you know what's supposed to be there in the first place). And you could do the same with Activity Monitor on OS X.
If you are running Windows, do the alt-control-delete thing and go to task manager and see if there are some processes that's not supposed to be there (assume you know what's supposed to be there in the first place). And you could do the same with Activity Monitor on OS X.
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There are lots of technical problems here. I can't edit a post without first refreshing the page. If I try without refreshing the page, I get into the post, change it, but it won't save. It just freezes.
And you can't delete a photo that was selected from your on-computer pictures once it has been posted. It moves to some bizarre "thumbnail" setup that I absolutely can't understand.
And if I try to enlarge a photo by double clicking on it before first saving the post it is in, the computer hangs up. I have to save the post, then go back in and edit it...after refreshing the page of course.
It almost seems like a game designed to aggravate forum members. Wait, maybe that's it.
And you can't delete a photo that was selected from your on-computer pictures once it has been posted. It moves to some bizarre "thumbnail" setup that I absolutely can't understand.
And if I try to enlarge a photo by double clicking on it before first saving the post it is in, the computer hangs up. I have to save the post, then go back in and edit it...after refreshing the page of course.
It almost seems like a game designed to aggravate forum members. Wait, maybe that's it.
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Is anyone else experiencing difficulty with typing responses to posts? There are huge delays in response to my keyboard inputs such that it can take a very, very, very long time type a response to a post. I do not have this issue with any other website. Sometimes I just give up trying to type a response.
Sorry if this should be posted elsewhere.
Sorry if this should be posted elsewhere.
Yes but it seems to be intermittent. It's like half of the letters don't show up and you have to keep editing.
It also seems worse with a quick reply. The advanced reply options seems to have less issues.
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This forum, along with many others, is probably based on some open-source software and typically uses some form of AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and XML). That is to say there are lot of things going on in the background when loading a web page (that's where the asynchronous part comes in). Depending on how well the software is designed, sometimes things may load in the wrong order or get hung-up, and that's where some of the weird behaviors occur. I doubt there is much to be done at this point other than going to a newer/more robust forum platform, but that would require time and resources. I doubt BF wants to do that.
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As to lethargic typing...doesn't seem to happen all the time. For example, for this post...typing is perfect. Other times...creating a post is very difficult which is quite weird.
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As to lethargic typing...doesn't seem to happen all the time. For example, for this post...typing is perfect. Other times...creating a post is very tedious...big lag. Weird.
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For those of you experiencing the same problem delayed keyboard responses when responding to a post:
I am going to try the following: Run a Malware scan until clean. Then restore my browser to its original settings. I will let you know if it works.
On a different machine I just had a malware problem that resulted in redirects when clicking certain links on a single specific web page. It did not affect any other web pages. Running a malware scan identified and cleaned the machine but the problem persisted with the one page. Resetting the browser corrected the problem. Resetting your browser will have consequences all of you links, favorites, saved pwds, etc will disappear, but it may clear the issue. I will take one for the team and try it and let you know if it fixes the issue. It has been nice knowing you all if I dont make it through the process. J
Finally it occurred to me that BF members regularly include links to media outside of BF and that it is very likely that one (or more) of these links dropped a bug on our machines. That could explain why multiple members have the issue.
Yes I typed this in a word processing pgm and pasted it into the post, otherwise it would have taken a month to enter this post.
I am going to try the following: Run a Malware scan until clean. Then restore my browser to its original settings. I will let you know if it works.
On a different machine I just had a malware problem that resulted in redirects when clicking certain links on a single specific web page. It did not affect any other web pages. Running a malware scan identified and cleaned the machine but the problem persisted with the one page. Resetting the browser corrected the problem. Resetting your browser will have consequences all of you links, favorites, saved pwds, etc will disappear, but it may clear the issue. I will take one for the team and try it and let you know if it fixes the issue. It has been nice knowing you all if I dont make it through the process. J
Finally it occurred to me that BF members regularly include links to media outside of BF and that it is very likely that one (or more) of these links dropped a bug on our machines. That could explain why multiple members have the issue.
Yes I typed this in a word processing pgm and pasted it into the post, otherwise it would have taken a month to enter this post.
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