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OTRA15 · 06-05-2018, 01:44 PM

Has anyone else noticed that new posts often have extra lines added by the site, and that you have to edit these posts to tighten things up visually?

Running Apple MacBook Pro with Firefox 60.0.1 here.

I have seen quite a few posts which appear to have extra lines here and there.

For instance, the text above has at most one line between each statement, as I type. Will not edit if extra open lines appear.

Curious . . .

Cheers,

Peter

PS on Edit -- yup, plenty of extra lines above.

Al and Missy · 06-05-2018, 01:46 PM

I've been seeing the same thing recently.

Al

pcskier · 06-05-2018, 01:47 PM

Yep, same thing. I thought I was doing something wrong.

OTRA15 · 06-05-2018, 01:50 PM

What are your OS etc. Al and Peter?

pcskier · 06-05-2018, 02:35 PM

Mac Desktop OSX 10.9.5, Firefox Browser.

PKI · 06-05-2018, 03:02 PM

test 1 line

test 2 lines

test no lines
this is a set of tests to see what line spacing results. Pat

Edit - Windows 10, Google Chrome ..... does not look to be adding lines. Maybe yous has too many rivets and the site is converting them to line spacing. Or ............

Al and Missy · 06-05-2018, 03:07 PM

Running Asus Laptop with Windows 10, Firefox.
1 linefeed

2 linefeeds

3 linefeeds

I think I have seen it change spacing mid post

When I first typed it it looked right in the window. When I previewed it and came back to the edit window, the linefeeds had been added. IF I delete them, they stay gone.

Al

OTRA15 · 06-05-2018, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al and Missy

. . .
. . . the linefeeds had been added. IF I delete them, they stay gone.
. . .

Same here.

A Firefox problem maybe?

Lily&Me · 06-05-2018, 03:13 PM

I have seen that in many others post, but not in my own.

I use Safari.

Maggie

rmkrum · 06-05-2018, 03:59 PM

Whitespace makes posts (and anything else on a computer) more readable, IMHO. it costs effectively nothing in storage space....

That Said, I'm typically posting from FireFox on a Windoze 10 PC or an iPhone, and have to put in my own whitespace...to make it readable

OTRA15 · 06-06-2018, 05:07 PM

FWIW I am still seeing this all over, Admins and Mods.

Peter

Caffeinated · 06-06-2018, 05:42 PM

I

don't

know

what

you

are

talking

about.

Mike

3wd67rg · 06-07-2018, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al and Missy

Running Asus Laptop with Windows 10, Firefox.
1 linefeed

2 linefeeds

3 linefeeds

I think I have seen it change spacing mid post

When I first typed it it looked right in the window. When I previewed it and came back to the edit window, the linefeeds had been added. IF I delete them, they stay gone.

Al

I have seen this problem periodically on almost every social network over the last decade whether I was using PC w/Windows or a Mac, Android or an iPhone, OR, browsing on IE, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. I do think you are right Al & Missy, opening up an edit window makes it more likely to occur.

I have however, had a different experience in that attempting to delete the extra line feed was pointless, however if I did not delete them, All those line feeds doubled themselves.

I feel as Sisyphus must have. On a much tinier scale. Less any imperative save my own.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rmkrum

Whitespace makes posts (and anything else on a computer) more readable, IMHO. it costs effectively nothing in storage space....

That Said, I'm typically posting from FireFox on a Windoze 10 PC or an iPhone, and have to put in my own whitespace...to make it readable

rmkrum, I am entirely with you on using Whitespace to make reading easier. I suppose that technically it’s an overuse of paragraphs, but if I want readers to stay with me to the end, the least I can do is make it easy.

In Facebook it’s not a good idea to use more than a single line space for whitespace. People see two whitespaces and assume that the end.

**In the typing of this post I have used single line spacing between paragraphs and one double line space before the 2nd quote. I’ll post it, open it up to edit, and see what happens.

***I am currently opened in Edit. No extra line feeds were added to the original post, so I will close this now. Won’t open for edit unless I see extra line feeds. Of course all this proves is that this iPhone 6+, with this particular iOS 11.3.1, with this particular browser, Firefox, isn’t having a problem today. LOL!

OTRA15 · 06-08-2018, 12:25 AM

No need for that broad a brush here in my opinion. The problem noted in the OP is brand new here, starting a couple of seeks ago plus or minus. The extra lines can be removed in Edit mode, but this has to be done with every single post I have made in the last couple of weeks.

A pain . . .

OTRA15 · 06-09-2018, 05:29 AM

Looks like this may have been corrected?

Thanks to admins and mods.

Have a good weekend!

Peter

OTRA15 · 06-09-2018, 12:10 PM

Did I speak too soon? I see extra lines in many posts today. [see edit notes below]

[edit -- extra line]
test

[ditto]
test

[ditto]
test

[ditto]
and . . . ?

[edit -- the extra lines above were not in the original window for composing the reply]

Lily&Me · 06-09-2018, 12:21 PM

I still think it may be a browser issue, or something else specific to users and extraneous to AirForums, itself.

Maggie

OTRA15 · 06-10-2018, 12:59 AM

What version of Firefox are you running? I have updated mine a couple of times in the last few weeks, and am currently on 60.0.2 (64-bit).

Thanks,

Peter

Quote:

Originally Posted by pcskier

Mac Desktop OSX 10.9.5, Firefox Browser.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al and Missy

Running Asus Laptop with Windows 10, Firefox.
. . .

OTRA15 · 06-10-2018, 07:23 AM

Thanks Brian for the reply in your Western Adventure thread. I am taking the liberty of posting it here, in hopes that the bread crumbs of Firefox clues might lead to us resolving this. No rush to post while you are on the new adventure, and thanks for letting us tag along!

Peter

Quote:

Originally Posted by moosetags

Hi Peter,

Yes, I have noticed this <snip> double line spacing between paragraphs. I believe that it has to be something with the browser, in my case it is FireFox. I have not had time to really mess with it, but I have found that I can go back in and edit my post and remove the extra line space. This is why some of my posts are double spaced and some are not.

Brian

OTRA15 · 06-22-2018, 04:27 AM

This problem persists IMO. Check the first post in this new thread:

http://www.airforums.com/forums/f164...re-183257.html

Anyone found any solutions other than careful editing of posts?

Is this a Firefox problem in fact?

Thanks and have a good weekend.

Peter