Annoying Issue When Typing - Cursor Disappearing

[M59]

We really aren't trying to make anything annoying for you. We're trying to keep the site running for everyone. And yeah, there are a bunch of little things that just aren't things we can solve because behaviors like that are controlled by your browser. I've not had my cursor disappear, but I also don't post nearly as much as any of you. I've had ads change/pop up when I'm typing and didn't notice any loss of focus on the typing box. I'm not saying it's not happening to you, but there are a LOT of reasons it can be happening, and it might even be an ad (we sometimes get ads doing stuff we don't like and have to go exclude them once we notice.)

Now, if we can see a bug and reproduce it, that's much easier to track down and try to fix. And we've been pretty good at keeping the serious bugs at bay.

I believe TBN management/ staff is not trying to be annoying however control of objects is part of web site management's responsibility to keep a semblance of control and usability as objects ( displayed content) play differently with Firefox, Chrome, etc browsers whether they are on iPads, notebooks, or mobile phones. I am sure you don't give advertisers free reign on what they post or where these posts display on the site in general or within individual pages.

 

[rontaki]

Sometimes it takes a few moments for what I'm typing to echo back to the screen. I'm guessing this is due to the website having to receive and echo the characters back to my computer. If the site or part of the communications link to it are slow, that can cause the disappearance of the cursor temporarily.

 

[dstig1]

I've seen it. If you got lost somehow just type a few X's or whatever and you were lost but now are found!

 

[FullMetalBucket]

Have you tried another browser?

 

[rontaki]

Has the cursor been foiled again?

 

[MossRoad]

 

[MossRoad]

We really aren't trying to make anything annoying for you. We're trying to keep the site running for everyone. And yeah, there are a bunch of little things that just aren't things we can solve because behaviors like that are controlled by your browser. I've not had my cursor disappear, but I also don't post nearly as much as any of you. I've had ads change/pop up when I'm typing and didn't notice any loss of focus on the typing box. I'm not saying it's not happening to you, but there are a LOT of reasons it can be happening, and it might even be an ad (we sometimes get ads doing stuff we don't like and have to go exclude them once we notice.)

Now, if we can see a bug and reproduce it, that's much easier to track down and try to fix. And we've been pretty good at keeping the serious bugs at bay.

Well, I had it today for the first time that I can recall. As I was typing, an ad for bobcat was on the right, and another across the bottom. Every few times the ads would change/refresh, my cursor would go away. Sometimes the screen would jump to the bottom of the page as well. I was using Safari on an iPad.

 

[Mtsoxfan]

I don't know if my curser ever disappeared, but it has moved onto another line, and my typing appears there. Pretty tough on this two finger hunt and peck person. AND, sometimes words are misspelled...

 

[Eagle1]

My android tablet makes virtual keyboard disappear every 3 or 4 letters, might be user error....but still I hate using it. Only have it for one thing that needed an app with a set of features on the device..... I could not emulate on a pc

 

[M59]

Well, I had it today for the first time that I can recall. As I was typing, an ad for bobcat was on the right, and another across the bottom. Every few times the ads would change/refresh, my cursor would go away. Sometimes the screen would jump to the bottom of the page as well. I was using Safari on an iPad.

Well I guess its going to get fixed now that an important person has experienced it. Before it was just a hallucination from the gallery.

I run firefox on a MAC and cursor loss frequently occurrs when advert pops up at screen bottom or sometimes over top of the text being typed.