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  • silvercar
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    I get the problem sometimes from a laptop.
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  • CKhalvashi
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    silvercar wrote: »
    I get the problem sometimes from a laptop.

    I have in effect 2 keyboards on my laptop (Cyrillic and Roman) and have found the problem where if I'm editing a document with the other keyboard, it sometimes throws up interesting punctuation if the document didn't originally come from that computer (It's an old Macbook Pro running Openoffice as I'm too tight to pay however much for Microsoft products. Old = about 2011 as I have this set up how I want it and can't be bothered to spend another 2 years faffing around with a new one.)

    I've never noticed it on any forum I may or may not be a member of, though. That includes others running the same software as MSE.
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  • LydiaJ
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    silvercar wrote: »
    I get the problem sometimes from a laptop.

    Interesting. It hasn't happened on either my home laptop or my work laptop.
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • vivatifosi
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    I wonder if there are other factors. E.g.:

    Does it happen on both the classic and new versions?
    Does it happen on both the mobile and desktop versions?
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • Pyxis
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    edited 21 March 2018 at 8:26AM
    It's a variable and inconsistent thing affecting different computers and tablet types.

    See this thread here.


    A couple of extracts from that thread.......
    Originally Posted by Eco Miser
    It's my belief that the forum software is changing the leading & and # of HTML entities for unicode characters (smart quotes, emojis, and most non-ASCII characters) into actual exclamation marks, which are seen, together with the numeric part of the entity, and closing semicolon, by everyone, in all browsers.
    As a test, can anyone see a heart here? >!!!9829;< I can't, even in code view.
    TheCyclingProgrammer wrote: »
    This is exactly what is happening. This is not a client problem. It!!!8217;s a bug in the forum software.
    TheCyclingProgrammer wrote: »
    Well it!!!8217;s definitely hit and miss. Like the poster above I!!!8217;ve noticed it come back when editing and I!!!8217;m still seeing the bug with quick reply on other parts of the forum even though my previous post in this thread worked.


    Then there's this thread in Site Feedback, started by Silvercar
    Cornucopia wrote: »
    I suspect that Unicode characters have been turned off in a bid to prevent non-English character-based Spam.
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  • vivatifosi
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    Ah, that makes sense, sort of. I've not had any issues posting on my Android devices or laptop, so hadn't looked to see what had been posted elsewhere. It's bloomin annoying though trying to read interesting posts and work out what they say.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • Pyxis
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    Ah, that makes sense, sort of. I've not had any issues posting on my Android devices or laptop, so hadn't looked to see what had been posted elsewhere. It's bloomin annoying though trying to read interesting posts and work out what they say.

    I know, although your eye does sort of tune into it after a while.

    A bit like bng bl t rd wrds wth ll th vwls tkn t. :rotfl:
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  • Doozergirl
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  • LydiaJ
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    Pyxis wrote: »
    I know, although your eye does sort of tune into it after a while.

    A bit like bng bl t rd wrds wth ll th vwls tkn t. :rotfl:

    Aprapetnly msot poelpe can raed qitue wlel as lnog as wrdos hvae tiehr bgeninng & ednning ltertes crorcelty palecd eevn if the mdilde lertets are jbmueld. It hlpes not tihiknng too hrad aubot it toutgh.
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • Pyxis
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    Aprapetnly msot poelpe can raed qitue wlel as lnog as wrdos hvae tiehr bgeninng & ednning ltertes crorcelty palecd eevn if the mdilde lertets are jbmueld. It hlpes not tihiknng too hrad aubot it toutgh.

    Did that make your autocarrot blow up? :rotfl::rotfl:
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