This is hardly a complaint but why are there 6 copies of this thread?

I know this is a common problem for other users and this has been reported before.

Often, if I edit an existing post, when I resubmit it, the spinning cogs appear but don't go away. What I do then is to close the spinning cogs screen by clicking on the top right hand little cross of that screen. This takes me back to the posting screen. Because I know the re-edited post has in fact been posted, I don't try to repost the post. Instead I close the posting screen by clicking on the top right little cross of that screen.

This takes me back to the thread screen which still shows the original post. I then refresh the screen which then shows the revised posting.

I use Firefox v3.6 and Windows XP Professional service pack 3.

This is a different minor problem to the previous posting and I'm not aware that it has been reported before.

When I am in the Post Reply screen, sometimes the cursor (the little flashing line pointer) does not appear. This can make it confusing to create the posting. This seems to occur randomly. This posting is fine, whereas the previous one was not.

I use Firefox v3.6 and Windows XP Professional service pack 3.

lori was very nervous...

VERY nervous!
Actually, we had a firewall glitch in the office as I was posting this, and we lost our internet for a bit.  I'm guessing that had SOMETHING to do with the...stuttering.

So, other than what El Loro posted, there aren't any performance issues?  Hmmm.... I had the impression that there were lots of things going on.

Lori, I think the reason why I'm the only person who has made any performance issue postings to date is that this topic only appears in the Community Announcements forum. If you were to make it a Shortcut Topic (I think that's the term you use - I'm not sure what the difference is between a Shortcut Topic and a Featured Topic and how we can create one unless as I suspect that's restricted to management) then if I'm right that it will then appear in all forums, you will get lots more replies.

Of course, you're right.  Done.

I can report the same problem (and solution), using a Mac and Safari. But all in all I don't seem to have had half as many problems as some people... and have no complaints about the service....

I have exactly the same problem as El Loro.

Over the last few days it's been particularly slow when posting.  I also know when I'm about to get a server error - if I'm in a post reply box and I attempt to press a smiley or should that be a graemlin , the box stays blank and then I get a server error message  and I'm thrown out .  It usually only lasts for a minute or two then I log back in.  It can get frustrating though as it happens a lot.

My browser is Google Chrome.

I've read people saying IE users should change but I'm ok
 I had problems with it being slow and lingering cogs but
  since the upgrade it's been and is fine for me...I still use IE

I get the editing cogs hanging as posted by El and quoted by Baz.

I also get the hiding cursor when trying to compile a message (this doe not occur every time) but it is easily fixed by dragging/moving the reply box on the screen, then clicking back inside the r ply box. hey presto it reappears.

Other than these two minor problems (which i use simple ways to get round) i dont really have any other issues, thanx for asking for our input Lori.

i'm running winxp service pack 3 and mozilla fire fox 3.6

Where do i find out what browsers i'm using  Can someone help me please

Ok... dunno if this will help work out what is causing the problems...

I haven't had any problems posting (apart from when the whole site goes down, which has happened two or three times, and everyone else was locked out too).  I post in here (Gaga Big Brother forum), The Sinking Ship & now & then comment on blogs.

I am on Windows XP, I use Chrome as my browser.

Internet Explorer and Firefox are what we refer to as browsers. To see which browser you are using, and which version, go to the Help menu at the top, Select "About Internet Exploere" or "About Mozilla Firefox" or "About whichever browser you are using". The resulting screen will show which browser you are using and which version. So for Firefox I am using v 3.6.2.

Hope that clears up your query.

You are completely right - moving the reply box, then clicking back in the reply box does bring back the cursor.

But it shouldn't be necessary to have to do that, so my posting still stands.

  Ditty's post^^^^ reminded me I'm on windows XP too

Im using Mozilla 4.0  will this affect me

Absolutely right.

Only me... again...  

Mac OS X/Safari 4.0.5 ... as if you didn't know already...  

I've had a lot of loading problems here over the past week or so. When it tries too long to do so for over 30 seconds or so, it then seizes my browser which I then have to shut down and open again. 

I've also had cogs but have had no error messages to speak of.

I've also had the same reply box problems as described, but I've had them ever since I first came to Gaga, so my solution has now become second nature... but to recap for your purposes Lori... When I first try to post in any area on LC after I've opened the browser up, I get the reply box, usually, but not always with the flashing cursor. If I then start to type in the box it does not accept anything. My solution has all this time has been just to cancel the box and get a new one... then I'm off and running again! If I then go to another forum here in Gaga or area like blogs or the Sinking Ship, I have the same problem, irrespective that I have not closed the browser. If I then return to any area I have succeeded to post in, then I do not have the same issue... until I a) get chucked out b) re-open the browser. I only bother to tell you now, because it has caused me to think how off-putting it might be to someone new. Like I said... I've got used to my pet bug! 

It's been a nightmare for me tbh....I can't use Google chrome or IE for here ,FF is the only browser which let's me post and even then I am sick seeing those  spinning cogs.

I use Firefox. Recently, I have been getting the Error message when I try to post, or I hit "Submit Reply" and nothing happens at all. Sometimes the pages take forever to refresh.
I haven't had any problems when I edit my posts, though.
Sorry Lori, I bet you wish you hadn't asked now.

Well, that's why I braced myself above, yogi!

So, we think we've identified an issue that is causing all the time-outs and slow-downs, and we're working on fixing it.  I'll check into the other issues....

Thanks Lori.

I can honestly say since I got back online I've had no problems at all...everything works fine for me...I'm on IE

I use Firefox,I do get sometimes the reply feature not err. . "Featuring" the smillies etc,so  I usually refresh or if I didn't notice that  after I typed a reply use copy and refresh.

No problems for me on IE.

I use google chrome and posting is often very slow,
sometimes I get an empty smiley box
cogs spinning
an error message Your request could not be completed at this time due to an unknown system error. Reference ID: 143989422456256302-TUR-QSHARK1.r8927.b551-livecloud.ps002-5
 I'm scared of sharks.
As the Moderator for the group Rocking Recipes I can't delete a blog that is in there and shouldn't be.
That's all I can think of at the moment, thanks for your request.

Vista/FF 3.6
 
Sometimes the page won't re-load properly  so the posts are right across the page and I have to manually reload the page to post
I smiled but it's really quite irritating

Though I still love this site

Low:  Don't worry--these sharks don't bite.   Also, the bug on deleting blog posts has been fixed but not yet released, so hang in there!

muf:  Agreed, and understood!

Yayyy!!!!

Me too

Lol
While we have a moaning thread...I don't have any of the required cards to pay for a LC VIP membership, any chance of using paypal??
 

 
 
Hi Baz

My problem is editing and sometimes I cannot post - but has been better lately - not the editing though - I have to cancel and refresh -

and me

this happens to me as well and sometimes the smileys disappear as well

muf:  as a matter of fact, we have figured out how to work around this.  But, not for a few weeks, yet.  Can you hang on?  Once we release the version that allows me to do the machinations necessary, I'll contact you, and we can set this up for you.