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Bruce Lancaster
10-23-2003, 03:04 PM
Not those blasted Pontiac people, but posts that suddenly become wider than the display area on my screen. Not only can't I read or print the right edge of the messages, often I can't reach the "reply" button! This just happened on a post I started at normal width, so I guess the phenomenom is imported by another person's reply.
I am a very primitive computer user, and haven't been able to fix the problem with anything in the toolbar or anything on the preferences setup on HAMB. A kindly HAMBER sent me some tips I could understand a while back, but they only partially narrowed the screen.
Questions:
1. Is there something I can do to be able to read, print, or reply?
2. If not, Ryan, is there a command that can be used to allow replies when a member can't reach the reply key? Could a reply click be put at the top or bottom of post pages to allow reply?
3. Am I the only one on the planet with this problem? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Tim
10-23-2003, 03:18 PM
could be a result of a super wide pic on the thread?
DrJ
10-23-2003, 04:14 PM
It's also caused by super long URL's being posted for a link.
Basically any string of letters with no spaces to break it into lines.
Gr8ballsofir
10-23-2003, 04:23 PM
Try the scroll bar at the BOTTOM of you screen...
Bruce Lancaster
10-23-2003, 04:56 PM
The sideways scrollbar is one of the things I know how to use on this thing. On the wide posts, it runs out of track about two inches short of the right edge of the post--just out of reach of the "reply" key.
I need to somehow increase the toe-out on the scroller...
Bruce Lancaster
10-23-2003, 04:59 PM
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OK, there's an extremely long line of gibberish. I'll see if that makes this post too damn wide...
Bruce Lancaster
10-23-2003, 05:02 PM
OK, that did indeed widen the post...BUT I can still reach the right edge via scroller. On other posts, the blasted thing goes over way past the end of the scroll. Is it me and my primitive machine or do others get stuff they can't read over there??
28rpu
10-23-2003, 11:11 PM
I always had that problem with Netscape. Started using internet explorer and so far have always been able to see all the way to the right.
warpigg
10-23-2003, 11:15 PM
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Bruce Lancaster
10-28-2003, 11:41 AM
"someone still uses netscape??"

AHA!!! INSIGHT!!!!
That's it, I think--clicked on the Internet Explorer, and I think problem is gone!
Thank you!