Anyone reading my posts today will possibly find them 'jumbled'!

Oh, I didn't even know that! "Too Complex" - they have jQuery and AJAX already, adding a pull from the database to allow editing then reposting is not a difficult job!

AJAX is already used to post a message.

Suppose we'll have to live without it, can't miss what we never had in the first place I guess.

Depends whether you want to do it I suspect - you can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time...

I rarely like new improved versions of anything! Not just because I'm getting older...

Hi Les/Eileen,

See http://patient.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/401404-how-do-i-delete-or-edit-my-posts

I have spoken to the lead developer today and mentioned that an edit facility is the main complaint/suggestion from users so this will be looked into again in the New Year.

As Eileen said, if any post needs editing just get in touch and I can edit if required. 

Regards,

Alan

I've just looked at the link - I really can't see why they think it is a problem. The other forums I use have an edit facility for your own post otherwise only an assigned moderator can do it. I can see where even an "own delete" could be abused but an edit?

This is in cases if there wasn't a timed edit, ie users could edit their own posts however old they were which is what some users have asked for. For example if an argument broke out users could go back and edit their comments to remove contentious comments etc to stop any action against them and in reverse spammers/advertisers editing already posted comments to add things. This is why they are going to look at the timed option which is what Les mentioned in the first post.

Ah - I see. Obviously I'm too honest to think of that!

Hi Alan,

That would be good, if only 60 or 120 seconds was added to the Edit, at least I could read my long posts and EDIT if necessary. I didn't mean editing other peoples posts, that would open the forum up to all sorts of problems.

At least I could correct my posts within a few mnutes instead of adding more text in a reply to myself, like it is now!

While, I have your attention, this maybe a stupid thing to ask but I suffer from spasms when trying to open the inline box further down, when writing posts, the area where you have the CKE Resizer with a Span of 16 and then a border on the left of 10 and a top of 10, which leaves a box of 6 x 6 for the Resizer button, which I find difficult to hover over and make the reply box longer. Some people may not know what I am referring to, but it would be beneficial to the users on the whole. I know the wrapper is fixed which is fine, but replying can be a nightmare.

I look forward to your reply.

Regards,

Les.

Thanks Alan xxx

Hi Les,

I didn't mean editing other peoples posts, that would open the forum up to all sorts of problems.

I didn't mean this either - I can't even begin to think of the problems that would cause. 

Re the reply box - I will pass this on to ask if they can make the reply box larger or an easier/more obvious way to expand.

Regards,

Alan

 

Hi Alan,

I did notice that this forum script uses the CKE editor which is pretty much the standard these days. A single icon in the middle would suffice that the box is expandable, as long as the hover-acttive area is bigger than 6 pixels square.

vBulletin uses the CKE Editor and the box is adjustable across and down, but they come a standard "fluid" design, not "fixed" like we have on here.

IPB also uses the CKE Editor, again no different from vBulletin apart from being re-skinned.

As for an icon it could just be a small triangle in the middle, plain but visible and clear what it does! Just an idea.

Regards,

Les.

Many thanks Les. There is no limit to the amount of love I can soak up. I do hope Wednesday will be a better day fir you. George

. . . but not all of us are good at seeing what we have actually written as against what we intended to write. Sadly I find all too often that as soon as I have posted my checked and "perfect" text I see the mistakes I have missed. It seems the reformatting has something to do with it - changes my perception perhaps. 

Well, Steve that is a good point - my spelling and grammar over the years as become progressively worse. But then again, I used to use the built-in spell checker, for some reason that disappeared from Firefox, and I don't touch I.E ever. These days its a case of trying to control my hands from spasming, which look like dam errors.

The stupid part is reading it back after I hit "Reply" button - and see all my errors! I suppose you could copy and paste into word or any spell checker, correct them all then copy and paste back. The problem with Word is it double carriages after paragraphs, so you end up with loads of white-space.

I hate involuntary movements, feels like someone else is controlling me! hmmmm...

Change your paragraph set up for Word - no need to have spaces after paragraphs at all. 

But honestly Les - if it isn't offensive I couldn't care a toss! No one is perfect and you have a good reason for your typos - I don't, other than carelessness.

Well said Eileen. And besides, if we are on this forum we are stressed and that does not help our accuracy or grammar.  It does however demand our forbearance in large measure.

I guess it all goes back to when I was taught at school, and English. A few examples are:

1. I was taught to place 2 spaces after using a full-stop and starting a new sentence.

2. I was also taught to use paragraphs.

3. I was also taught to use bullets, lists, indents, etc.

But the internet changed a majority of it. I never use 2 spaces after a full-stop only 1 now. Paragraphs I still tend to use, but it does cause problems if you try and copy and paste from Word into this forum, but that's down to the storage type in the database.

I still use formatting of larger fonts for headings or to point something out, if a forum allows it, but that's only on the odd occassion.

But Eileen, on here we don't have spellcheckers or grammar checkers, some words I come out with to me sound right, then after I posted it I think, oops that was totally wrong. lol I have a problem, like many others on here that seems to go off the subject matter, sounds silly I know - it is again, not until I posted it I realize the mess.

I may have had good grades at school, but English language has changed so much, during the various decades. I remember a full sstop or comma wrong was a slap across your hand with a ruler! Well, I'm 51 today, and in another 50 years I expect English would have changed again. I don't find very much offensive unless it was aimed directly a person which does happen, but seems rare on these forums.

There that's how I feel, I don't pick on people either for spelling or grammar mistakes - as long as I read it, I don't care. 

Regards,

Les.

  . . . and I can usually deduce the typos from the context. When using my iPad I often go faster than the system with some very strange results through drpped characters. Most posts are for the moment. A polished English is not really required as long as the meaning is on the surface.

LOL @ George... I use an iPad mini if I am not sat at my desk, but my big fingers and small keyboard do not mix, so I get a right mess - even worse with predictive text switched on!  If anyone sends me a text, I usually phone them back, because the keyboard is far too small on my mobile, and I end up hitting 4-5 keys at once.

And  then I watch my son and daughter, a few taps and sent....  makes me look slow! (Well, I am past my sell-buy date! ).

I'm hoping Alan gets the request done I asked for regarding this small space for typing into, I like to be able to see more than 4 lines of text, you can do it now but the area to pull down the box to make it bigger is so small, I have problems get my mouse to hover-over it and allows me to alter the size.

 thanks Les, 

I cannot find the magic spot at all. I do not try to use my iPhone for web but can just manage texts. I can do texts from my iPad ( big keys) and the result is routed through my iPhone. I do need to have both on the same router so only a good method at home.

I can send photos from my iPhone to contacts as that takes little typing  and send dictation to myself so I can edit it on my Laptop or iPad. The dictation to text is not accurate enough to paste into the forum where editing would have be on the iPhone.

I'm so old I was never taught to use a keyboard - so I have only ever put a single space after full stops!

However - on one of the forums I use there is a lady who types her entire posts in lowercase with not a single comma or full stop from beginning to end! I often wonder if she speaks like that too - her advice is excellent as she was a cancer support nurse before retiring but sometimes it is such hard work to read what she is saying I give up. Whatever your spelling or other problems Les, you are always comprehensible!

Thank you Eileen. The purpose of speaking and writing is to be understood. If that purpose is achieved then whether an old or modern convention or no convention is used is not very important. The nurse you wrote of seems to fail in achieving her purpose of communicating information. That I feel is regretable and a change is called for. For the rest I rejoice that they communicate through this forum. 

So a big thank you to all who contribute intelligably to this forum.

You're too old Eileen, I class myself as "old" and I'm only 51 (yesterday). I would have replied earlier today, but it was one of those days when everything goes wrong!

I woke up at aroun 6:45am - normal for me, it takes my wife and myself, about 30-45 minutes just to get out of bed and dressed. Only difference today was I had really sharp pains from my chest, I had breakfast and phoned to make an appointment at my Doctor's. Got my coat on, wrapped up warm and my wife drove me to see the Doctor. But as soon, as I got outside the house my breathing became a lot worse, the pains a lot sharper. My wife managed to park the car right outside, luckily and pushed me in my wheelchair into the surgery, she told the receptionist if she could put me in the corridor, because she could see I was about to go in to a seizure. So, instead of seeing just my doctor about 5 rushed out to me, and an ambulance was called, so I ended up in hospital for tests on what was causing the sharp chest pains.

Trying to get blood out of me is impossible! I lost count after 10 times of trying by nurses, then a little doctor tried on my left arm, then tried on my right arm, still nothing - she said I don't really like asking this, but could I try once more, but from your finger - I said it doesn't bother me. Luckily, she managed to get some blood - got it checked, and it was showing up I had an infection, but now they had to find where. So it was down to x-ray, chest x-ray and back to see the doctor - he said I think I can see what is causing it, do you mind if I listen to your chest again, then he said I found it, you have "Pleurisy" - then he asked if I had a cold recently, I said no, but I did have a minor cough last week. Luckily, I was allowed home as long as I do not exert myself, I cannot do much stuck in a wheelchair anyway, the doctor said take some paracetamol every 4 hours, well them on top of my other tablets took me well over 35+ tablets today alone!! and in 6 hours 30 mins back to the hospital for Pain Management clinic, the day after that UltraSound scan on prostate.

Even the ambulance guys could not believe my health record, and asked jokingly, do you ever have a good day. I said "Yeah, I just have to fit them in between the bad ones!" - just laughed, eventhough I was in pain.

Hi George,

See my reply to Eileen, saves me writing it twice. lol This month has been bad, the days after my 51st birthday! They have now ruled one thing, Epilepsy is probably not a main issue, it is Functional Episodes which breaks the list down to 28 possible combinations.

I have had seizures in hospitals, doctors surgeries, in the car, and at home. My wife thought I was having an heart attack, I wasn't sure since I have never had one before, and never had "pleurisy" either. So, I did not know what to expect.

The hospital already booked me a bed, because hospitals over here are on overload... my wife heard on the radio earlier both the hospitals were shutdown for more beds, and were diverting ambulances over 20 miles away for treatment.

Well, at least I'm home for 6 hours until Pain Management Clinic tomorrow, then prostate scans the day after... what a life! I would swap mine just to be healthy again - the doctor in the hospital said, I have never seen a health record this long... ....And, would you believe I hate hospitals, the food is horrid and overnight stays I really cannot stand - I just get bored to death! (Probably, the wrong word to use! .

Anyway George, have a good evening I'll catch you around soon.

Nite mate,

Regards,

Les.

Hi Les,

I am so sorry you are having another bad spell starting yesterday. May I wish you many happy returns of yesterday but without any bad turn. I hope the prostate scan will be clear.

Hi George,

To be honest, the Pain Management Clinic was a waste of time, now I'll tell you why - got up early because of the hospitals overloading over at present, and it's only the start of Winter. Luckily, my wife found 2 disabled carpark bays (they are for registered disabled users only). My wife got the wheelchair out, and pushed me into the hospital - Anyway, once in the hospital we were both confused, the large maps on hospital walls showed we were nowhere near the Pain Clinic. It showed it was about 5-6 buildings away from us, I said it cant be to my my wife, the Epilepsy Nurse said it was directly above her, which was in the lift and on the 1st floor...my wife asked because the map stated a totally different area. The guy said go up in the lift and its on the first floor, so much for hospital maps, and this was the new part of the hospital.

So much for decreasing my medication, they increased it stright away from today by 8 tablets, 2 other types to follow once authorized by my Epilepsy Specialist, Consultant Neurologist and my own Doctor. If they do that, I'll be on over 40+ tablets a day, which to me is just ridiculous! ...and that's PAIN MANAGEMENT!!! I assumed it would be lowering the intake not highering it. I must be on a different planet...

Prostate scan tomorrow, just hope that's all clear!

Regards,

Les.

It seem that the modern doctor has encycolpedic knowledge of authorised big pharma pills and dutifully prescibes them to modify the symptoms of each patient.