Problems Posting

[pipnasty]

Hi Dave,

When I try to post and I click on to the ‘Reply to this topic’ dialogue box, the only option I get is to attach a file - so I can’t add text at all. 
This started yesterday early evening - I’m using Mac OS 10.14.5 and my browser is Opera (which I am up to date on). I’ve also tried Safari and have the same problem. But  I can post on my phone fine.

Do you need any more info?

Cheers

[Nathan Explosion]

Nope, that will be something on your laptop blocking the JavaScript editor from loading.

Nothing has changed in this side.

Out of my hands, sorry.

[pipnasty]

Cheers - that’s helpful

[RBM]

[Nathan Explosion]

Testing completed - not found any issues, each combination of OS/Browser successfully displays the Editor.

[pipnasty]

Thanks Dave - I appreciate it

[RBM]

Thanks for looking. It looks like it’s a JavaScript issue for me after the last IOS update. Can post with JavaScript turned off, although with reduced functionality

[Gethin]

So I've run into this today too.

Both me and the missus have MacBookPros running latest version of MacOS (Monterey 12.0.1). Older machines so still Intel chips.

My laptop is fine. I borrowed hers to stream the match on (bigger screen...) and got the same issue where you can view the forum but when you try to post, you only get the option to attach a file, not post text. Tried it across a couple of different accounts and on both Firefox and Chrome - issue was consistent on all of them

The only difference I could see between the way the machines are set up was that hers still had Java installed. I removed that, rebooted but it made no difference.

@RBM - what did you change to get around the problem?

[Nathan Explosion]

1 hour ago, Gethin said:

still had Java installed. I removed that, rebooted but it made no difference.

Of course it won't...the site doesn't use Java. Just because something is a tired old joke on here, it doesn't make it true.

JavaScript isn't Java.

All I will say now is that it is something Apple related that is causing your issue - and I don't use Apple so hurrah!

If I can be bothered getting hands on an Apple device then I might look into it. Until then, sorry...not my issue.

[Nathan Explosion]

1 hour ago, Gethin said:

RBM - what did you change to get around the problem?

He turned off JavaScript.

[Gethin]

24 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said:

Of course it won't...the site doesn't use Java. Just because something is a tired old joke on here, it doesn't make it true.

JavaScript isn't Java.

All I will say now is that it is something Apple related that is causing your issue - and I don't use Apple so hurrah!

If I can be bothered getting hands on an Apple device then I might look into it. Until then, sorry...not my issue.

FWIW I wasn't asking *you* to do anything - I was hoping to get a bit more info from the other MacOS users to see if I could work out why it's happening. I'm aware Java and Javascript are different - I used to be a software dev back in the day. Java was only mentioned 'cos: 

1) it was the only obvious difference between two very similar machines that are patched to the same level of the OS and using up to date browser versions.

2) MacOS / OSX has always had a slightly weird implementation of Java. A while back they recommended people remove it from their machines 'cos pretty much nothing other than dodgy legacy stuff uses it these days. There was a small possibility there was a setting buried in there that could have been causing this. Tried it, it's not that, mentioned it for completeness.

14 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said:

He turned off JavaScript.

I wanted to know how / where he did that - at browser level or if theirs an OS level setting (I don't know of one). It's weird that it's also suddenly affecting Pip's OS version which is at least 3-4 years old as I didn't think they were still patching OS versions that old.

[Nathan Explosion]

1 minute ago, Gethin said:

FWIW I wasn't asking *you* to do anything

Didn't say you were.

I am actually interested in whatever this is, mainly because it will probably help me in my day job if Apple have got something stupid going on.

Heck, it wouldn't surprise me if an ad-blocker has decided to play silly buggers.

If I find something (which I doubt) then I will post it up.

[RBM]

Some how it’s back to working again. I turned of JavaScript in safari on the iPhone but really not sure if it’s related or not. Just seemed to work with limited functionality afterwards 

[pipnasty]

Yeah - mine has starting working again this morning too. All good now 

[Gethin]

Yeah same. No obvious reason for that either