Forum Software Upgrade completed - 20th August

[Steel Penguin]

and dont start us on colour 

[scooter]

Spell checker would be great, especially for our UK friends who don't know how to say or spell aluminum. 

Or tire, curb, humor, etc  

[jcf]

Edge doesn't 'pass through' to a spell checker.

And before you all get on my case, I've tried Chrome and Safari and all those others and don't get on with ANY of them, so I'm stuck with Edge. At least I know what it does and how to handle it.

Apart from spell checking here of course........

Edge has an in app spell checker which should be on by default:
How to configure spell checker on the new Microsoft Edge

Also check the Win 10 system settings:
How to Enable or Disable Spell Check in Windows 10

[jcf]

As to regional spellings, I use both but most often default to the non-US spellings, my early years
in Canadian schools before we moved to the States stuck.

[jcf]

OK tech-heads.  Why does Safari (running in Mojave 10.14.6) refuse to open this forum?
Immediately after the  upgrade it did so as per normal.
Then from the next day it refused giving me a "can't connect to the server" messgage.
I have checked all the settings in Safari (none of which I had changed) and can see nothing that looks to me that it would be blocking connection.

Firefox and Chrome both connect OK (this is using chrome now).

I'm guessing you're using a bookmarked shortcut to access the forum?

I had to edit mine as it was sending me to an error page.
It was:
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?action=forum

I edited it to:
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php

That resolved the problem.

Safari 15.6 on 2015 Macbook Pro running Big Sur 11.6.8.

[kitbasher]

Spell checker would be great, especially for our UK friends who don't know how to say or spell aluminum. 

I think you mean choose to say or spell aluminum 

[kitbasher]

Apparently I had to turn on drafts feature. Done now! It keeps them 7 days, and will autosave your post. Drafts can be found in your profile:

TVM

[PR19_Kit]

Edge has an in app spell checker which should be on by default:
How to configure spell checker on the new Microsoft Edge

Also check the Win 10 system settings:
How to Enable or Disable Spell Check in Windows 10

According to both those the spell checker is on, but it isn't, not in here anyway.

It works almost everywhere else, but not here.

[jcf]

Edge has an in app spell checker which should be on by default:
How to configure spell checker on the new Microsoft Edge

Also check the Win 10 system settings:
How to Enable or Disable Spell Check in Windows 10

According to both those the spell checker is on, but it isn't, not in here anyway.

It works almost everywhere else, but not here.

OK that's weird, I downloaded Edge for my Mac and the spell check function works fine with MacOS.

Which version of Edge are you running?
The most recent version for Win 10 is 104.0.1293.63 released on August 19, 2022.

[overscan]

Windows 11, Edge 104.0.1293.63, spellcheck works perfectly.

[zenrat]

OK tech-heads.  Why does Safari (running in Mojave 10.14.6) refuse to open this forum?
Immediately after the  upgrade it did so as per normal.
Then from the next day it refused giving me a "can't connect to the server" messgage.
I have checked all the settings in Safari (none of which I had changed) and can see nothing that looks to me that it would be blocking connection.

Firefox and Chrome both connect OK (this is using chrome now).

I'm guessing you're using a bookmarked shortcut to access the forum?

I had to edit mine as it was sending me to an error page.
It was:
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?action=forum

I edited it to:
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php

That resolved the problem.

Safari 15.6 on 2015 Macbook Pro running Big Sur 11.6.8.

Brilliant.  Problem solved.
Thanks Jon.

[Gondor]

How often does the forum now refresh topics? Some of the "last post by...." dates are three days old.

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

Windows 11, Edge 104.0.1293.63, spellcheck works perfectly.

That's what I've got, and it doesn't.................

But this is M$ we're talking about of course..........

[JayBee]

please can we get the font size made smaller so that the text does not take up so much space on the screen.
This applies to everything.

[Hobbes]

The Ctrl-minus shortcut to zoom out isn't sufficient?