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write a reply, go through the the captcha, click submit, and get error message about “are you sure you want to do that?”
then have to enter reply text again (hopefully i remembered to copy before sending since it fails so often), and either go through the captcha, submit routine again. or maybe it just submits without captcha.
what does it take to get submit to work the first time?
When I am not logged in, this notice appears at the bottom-right-hand corner of my screen. (It is easily ignored and is company when reading.)
The site does notify you. If the Captcha is there, you are not logged in.
The way around it, when you notice the Captcha, is to highlight, right click, copy what is in the entry box. Log in. Then Right click paste the data into the logged-in entry box. Don’t use the back button. You can login on the page where you are entering.
isn’t this called a ‘kluge’
When I am not logged in, this notice appears at the bottom-right-hand corner of my screen. (It is easily ignored and is company when reading.)
hmm, i don’t see this.
After you changed setting, i was allowed to submit without a captcha, but my test post didn’t appear, and I got ‘error: are you sure you wanted to do that?”
so, I guess that I could login, hit back twice to get back to this post, refresh page to make my login take affect, and then enter my reply.
What I tried to express a few posts back, is that I am accustomed to forums where if I login while replying I am returned to the same reply page, with the login taking effect. no double back, refresh, and re-entering reply.
I have changed cookie behavior in my browser for the askwoody site, so I should stay logged in, forever. Unless askwoody changes cookie behavior.
Changing cookie behavior doesn’t work for me here and I can’t always remember to login before reading posts. Plus, different browsers act differently and too much to remember.
So, years ago, I found a wonderful app at Fx Addons site which I have been using all these years. (I also use it on Basilisk. It solves this problem for any site that I visit that has this sort of problem. (Pus, sometimes it is a cookie problem as I am very strict with cookies and Firefox no longer has a decent cookie control addon…the last good one works on Windows 8 and earlier and none of them are very useful on Windows 10).
It’s called Text Area Cache. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/textarea-cache/
I no longer worry about losing text, or forgetting to login, having to go back many hops, etc. Brave and Edge do not have this extension so I seldom use them if I am visiting forum sites. Plus, if there is a sudden power outage, this extension (when you have power again and boot up) has your precious text saved! I do use a Cyberpower UPS in case of a sudden power outage but on many sites text in a text box still gets lost but Text Area Cache saves it.
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