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Testing New Text Box

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  • shannon_164shannon_164 Posts: 2,523 Boards Guru

    i relied on that so so much for several reasons so imma be screwed without it

  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster

    omg what have i done

    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • KatieKatie Community Manager Posts: 950 Part of The Mix Family

    test

    test

  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster

    If double enter doesn't work and i struggle to access the paragraph menu that's gonna be really awkward and tbh i know it might look cool but it's a big step backwards as far as accessibility goes.

    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • KatieKatie Community Manager Posts: 950 Part of The Mix Family

    Totally valid @independent_ and thank you so much for your thoughts. We've definitely identified there are some accessibility issues which need looking at before we go ahead and action anything permanently.

    The tech team are doing some testing into the accessibility issues I passed onto them last week but if anyone is able to provide any more screenshots or screenrecordings to support with this it would be much appreciated!

  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster

    bc the keyboard commands aren't bringing up what they're meant to, and when i press the buttons earlier it crashed and wouldn't read what i was typing

    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster

    If i press CTRL + shift + I which it tells me to do to access the text formatting menu, it brings up some kind of developer tools menu from within chrome which i can't get rid of without shutting chrome down altogether.

    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster
    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • KatieKatie Community Manager Posts: 950 Part of The Mix Family

    Is it easier on your phone or laptop @independent_ or is it about the same?

  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster

    This is not the mix's fault but some of these new things forums are using are actually making them considerably harder to use. You'd think tech would have made a step forward. I know of another forum that uses vanilla and I'm fairly sure they're still on the old text box over there

    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster

    Probably easier on the laptop bc at least the menus do pop up when i press the buttons, which they don't on my phone. But otherwise about the same

    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster

    It's just crashed again and stopped telling me what i was typing. This was after using the quote feature.

    Also when you quote someone, the timestamp on the normal post shows up in 12 hour time, but when it's in the quote it shows up as 24 hour time.

    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • KatieKatie Community Manager Posts: 950 Part of The Mix Family

    How peculiar thank you for flagging @independent_ ! When you say it's crashed do you mean the boards?

  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster

    Nah just the text box not the whole boards. Tagging is really frustrating on here, it tells me to press the arrow keys to navigate through my options for tagging but it doesn't let me do that the arrows just do nothing

    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • Jayn21Jayn21 Posts: 41 Boards Initiate

    • The text box doesn’t like my phone I’ve just worked out how to type in it 😂
  • KatieKatie Community Manager Posts: 950 Part of The Mix Family

    How is everyone else finding mentioning other users? Feel free to tag me here to test

  • KatieKatie Community Manager Posts: 950 Part of The Mix Family

    Hey @Jayn21 ! Aww noo is there any particular issues happening?

  • Jayn21Jayn21 Posts: 41 Boards Initiate

    Nah i think it’s a my phone issue

  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster

    @Katie it does work but it is very awkward i have to tab over to the link and to do that i had to type out your name in full before it let me do it, it got confused with all the options

    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • Jayn21Jayn21 Posts: 41 Boards Initiate

    @Katie

    It seems to work

  • RiverRiver Community Connector Posts: 4,593 The Mix Elder
    Sometimes when the people most like you don't love you, it is a hurt that can cause the greatest pain, and this pain can lead you to hate everything.
  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster

    It doesn't let me simply type the name anymore either, which it does on the old text box, if i type the name correctly it will tag the person. Now I have to select it from the list. If I don't it just shows up but doesn't tag the person, like if I just type @Katie without selecting your name it's like that

    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • KatieKatie Community Manager Posts: 950 Part of The Mix Family

    Hahaha yayy good news @River @River @River @River @River @River @River

  • eylaheylah Posts: 8,422 Legendary Poster

    i just tagged you in a different post and it went through.

    ppl dont always need advice. sometimes all they rly need is a hand to hold. an ear to listen. and a heart to understand them. 🧸
  • KatieKatie Community Manager Posts: 950 Part of The Mix Family

    yeah I get you @independent_ it seems like you have to select it from the drop down list for me too - you can't just type the name

  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster
    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • KatieKatie Community Manager Posts: 950 Part of The Mix Family

    I actually only got notified once so I don't think it duplicates. Did you only get notified once too @River ?

  • KatieKatie Community Manager Posts: 950 Part of The Mix Family
  • independent_independent_ Community Connector Posts: 9,805 Supreme Poster

    Yeah pretty much, so i have to select the name for it to work at all @Katie

    It's one of those things, if someone didn't know how to use it and used a screen reader, there's a fair chance they wouldn't stick around. I know I wouldn't if it was a new site i'd just discovered.

    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • RiverRiver Community Connector Posts: 4,593 The Mix Elder

    @independent_ it says you tagged me but I don’t think you did tag me unless you magically did @independent_ but I am not sure maybe that is a new update and yes I am dragging this sentence along just so I can tag @independent_ a few times 😂😂😂😂😂

    Sometimes when the people most like you don't love you, it is a hurt that can cause the greatest pain, and this pain can lead you to hate everything.
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