Is anyone experiencing typing errors at Mylot?

@Asylum (47893)

Manchester, England

January 30, 2016 9:53am CST

I have developed a rather odd typing issue over the last day or so, which I am finding rather hard to understand. A great number of letters are being omitted when I submit a comment or reply to a Mylot discussion. This is so prolific that the result is unrecognisable. My initial thought was naturally that the keyboard was at fault, but this does not seem to be the case. I can type a long message into Microsoft Word and copy and paste it into Mylot with no problems, yet typing directly into the site is seriously difficult. It could be a browser issue, but I am using the newly developed Microsoft Edge, which I have very little knowledge of as yet. Has anyone else experienced anything similar recently?

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@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

30 Jan 16

The only typing issue I have had is one where (occasionally) the first letter I type initiates a jump of the cursor to the beginning of the line so that the first letter becomes the last and gets pushed along as I type. What I mean is that when I type a sentence such as: "This is a sentence" it becomes: "his is a sentenceT" It seems to be a quirk of how the browser is interpreting the Javascript input box because I haven't seen it happen on any other site and it never happens in Word or Wordpad or any other application.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

That is useful information because I had overlooked the fact that the javascript has to be understood by the browser. Microsoft Edge is still in it’s infancy and with few people using it the improvements are slower than expected. Sadly my knowledge of Microsoft Edge is also limited, so solving issues becomes more elusive.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

3 Feb 16

@Rollo1 There have been a few references online about Microsoft Edge being unfriendly towards javascript.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

3 Feb 16

@Asylum A game site that my sister likes uses java and they recommend only Internet Explorer 11 for using the site. It may be that Edge doesn't like java. I know Chrome won't have anything to do with it anymore.

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@celticeagle (167071)

• Boise, Idaho

30 Jan 16

Only those I make myself. I bet it is a browser issue. I had a problem with that and cleaned my browser cache and it helped it immediately. Now I keep it cleaned out.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

That is certainly worth a try because I rarely bother with the cache.

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@celticeagle (167071)

• Boise, Idaho

30 Jan 16

@Asylum ...I didn't use to either and boy it goes so nicely now.

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@Hatley (163776)

• Garden Grove, California

30 Jan 16

i am doing the samg thing but I thought it was just me as im not doing so good ty p ing but I see letters left ot a lot so perhaps its not me witht bad typing

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

The mistyping is so prolific for me that trying to submit it that way would result in a completely unreadable message.

@thesids (22180)

• Bhubaneswar, India

30 Jan 16

I have issues with some of my keys on the keyboard and also that I suffer from some arthritis pains in fingers - especially during winters. As such, I am prone to typos. Cannot blame on Mylot yet. but I do recheck before submitting (agreed, not always - it happens mostly when the red lines appear on the browser and I notice them).

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

That was my usual approach, but with a myriad of typing errors it is not reliable because missing letters often results in a valid but unrelated word, such as trying to type "could" and ending up with "cold".

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

@thesids I have done similar and "not" has been omitted, which obviously makes an essential difference.

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@thesids (22180)

• Bhubaneswar, India

30 Jan 16

@Asylum lol. Yes, I did mess things many a times.... O one particular instance, I was to write I didnt but the nt did not appear. and I pressed submit. Luckily, before the OP could reply, another friend pointed this out.

And it could have been embarrassing

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

30 Jan 16

I've not had any problems but I always write my posts elsewhere, then copy and paste. I haven't had any problems responding and commenting.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

I always compose discussions in Microsoft Word, but recently I have had to resort to using that approach for comments as well.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

@pgntwo I have to agree, but is certainly easier than struggling to type directly into Mylot and constantly failing. I have just launched Internet Explorer to check out if it helps and it seems very different indeed.

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@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

30 Jan 16

@Asylum The copy-paste approach seems to be far more effort than it is worth...?

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@Mike197602 (15505)

• United Kingdom

30 Jan 16

Things are fine for me. I'll try Edge for a while and see what happen.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

I am back to Internet Explorer, which seems to be okay so far.

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@Mike197602 (15505)

• United Kingdom

30 Jan 16

Tried it and don't like it

There is a slight typing lag and the text looks a bit weird. I'll be sticking to chrome. Not saying it's your problem but it could well be.

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@hora_fugit (5862)

• India

31 Jan 16

Microsoft Edge.... the day my Windows got updated was the day I abandoned this browser. They said IE would be discontinued, but thanks lord it is not yet. Not that I use it...but definitely better than Edge. I have very little experience, but something really put me off. Even today, when some link tries to open it I am prompt to change the default options.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

31 Jan 16

Internet Explorer is still packaged with Windows 10, but it is secreted under Windows Accessories and many people do not realise.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

31 Jan 16

@hora_fugit I would imagine that very few people use that approach these days and many may not even realise what the Run system is.

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@hora_fugit (5862)

• India

31 Jan 16

@Asylum I always open any program by typing its name, so finding IE was easy game. :)

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

2 Feb 16

I often have lag issues on myLot and I do find that even when I think I have typed correctly, some of the letters get mislaid. I think that some just get lost in the lag.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

2 Feb 16

A few times I have even found it virtually impossible to add or delete a letter.

@much2say (55671)

• Los Angeles, California

30 Jan 16

That's happened to me a lot as I type directly here. But I blame it on myself!

(I type too fast and make plenty of errors

)

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

Mine is certainly not self imposed because I have taken time to deliberately type the words slowly and still had the same scenario. Furthermore, personal mistyping would not be solved by using Microsoft Word first.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

@much2say That is a good question, but since I do not post elsewhere it is difficult to say.

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@much2say (55671)

• Los Angeles, California

30 Jan 16

@Asylum Then it's very odd indeed! Does this only happen at myLot?

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16761)

• China

31 Jan 16

It never have happened to me .I know you are a past master at playing computer ,I think you will soon find what is wrong with it .

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

31 Jan 16

It appears that my browser is the most likely culprit. I was using the new Microsoft Edge, which is the default browser included with Windows 10. Microsoft Edge is still quite new and not used by many people, so there are still some issues to be ironed out.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16761)

• China

1 Feb 16

@Asylum Oh ,I see .Mine is dated Windows xp ,the browser is Firefox .

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

1 Feb 16

@changjiangzhibin89 I am surprised to find anyone still using Windows XP. It was an excellent operating system, but is no longer supported by Microsoft.

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@Morleyhunt (21744)

• Canada

30 Jan 16

I have experienced that for several days. Today I installed an update to my iPad. I understand your frustration.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

So far you are the first person to have experienced this as far as I know because everyone else is posting otherwise.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

@Morleyhunt I now suspect that it is a conflict with my browser because I have opened Internal Explorer and have no such issues.

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@Morleyhunt (21744)

• Canada

30 Jan 16

@Asylum I wonder what is causing it then.

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@JESSY3236 (19941)

• United States

2 Feb 16

no I didn't get that when I was using Edge. But Edge was slow for me so I'm using Firefox now. Sometimes though I get where words is switched when I comment, but I quickly fix it.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

2 Feb 16

Microsoft Edge is becoming a little unreliable for me at times.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

30 Jan 16

The only change I've noticed is it automatically removes u from words like colour.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

That will be due to the language settings on your computer being set as US English.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

@paigea That seems odd because I have no issue with colour.

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@paigea (36317)

• Canada

30 Jan 16

@Asylum It only happens typing in myLot. I type the u; it instantly removes it.

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@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

30 Jan 16

Funny you should ask, a couple of days ago I couldn't type and o or an l here.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

30 Jan 16

Mine has been fairly prolific and now applies to letters at random. I honestly cannot remember if it began with a few letters, which I would have assumed was my own mistyping.

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@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

30 Jan 16

@Asylum I thought the same thing, but how could I not type an o and an l. I restarted and that took care of the problem. But it could have been my keyboard.

@kaka135 (14931)

• Malaysia

1 Feb 16

I have not experienced that with mylot before. It's quite weird. If it's related to browser, I might just clear the cache and everything. Have you tried with the system reboot? I always try that when I have any unknown issues with my computer.

Hope you'll get it fixed soon.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

1 Feb 16

Naturally I have cleared the cache, but since this has been a few days it would be pointless to reboot the system.

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@maezee (41988)

• United States

31 Jan 16

You know, I have experienced this - which is unusual as I usually have pretty good typing/spelling. I think sometimes the connection or website slows down and has us miss letters or something. At least that's what I'd like to think!

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

31 Jan 16

I decided that my browser was at fault, but now that is looking as not being the case.

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

31 Jan 16

Not experienced that problem here.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

31 Jan 16

Many members have apparently not, so the fault has nothing to do with Mylot.

@gudheart (12659)

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31 Jan 16

Not noticed the error yet to be honest.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

31 Jan 16

Few members appear to have any such issues.

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@garymarsh6 (23405)

• United Kingdom

31 Jan 16

I expect you are sitting with a cucumber in your ear and your head in the fridge!

Oh dear now it has started predictive texts too! Hopefully there are no problems from my end. I think perhaps your internet connection has become waterlogged!

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

31 Jan 16

Water should cause a problem while I am "surfing" the internet, but may do when typing.

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@jillybean1222 (6407)

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1 Feb 16

hmmm, no i haven't noticed this.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

1 Feb 16

It does not seem to be related to the site because many members have reported that they no such issues.