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Now in order to leave a comment I have to,
1. Write it
2. Choose Save or Preview
3. If I Save it, no big deal, it’s done
4. However, If I Preview it and like it I have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the story to hit the Save it button, (no down link)
5. And, god help me if I want to Preview it again, because then I have to scroll all the way to the top, (don’t hit the up button!!). Then, if I finally like it, repeat Step 4 to save.
Whew.
What am I missing guys?
BTW Guys is now officially okay to use for girls. So says the Washington Post and the Atlantic.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/07/07/guys-defen...
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/08/guys-gend...
PgUp PgDn
Why can't you use those, perhaps after clicking outside your text-entry field? Or Home and End?
"Guys" has been used for girls in second-person for a long time, especially in the vocative.
-- Daphne Xu (a page of contents)
"Any of you guys have a tampon?"
In writing dialogue for girls 'you guys" often does sound more natural;
since girls say it all the time. Mentioning that girls are involved in every single
collective reference makes them sound like characters in either transgender fiction
where the author just can't get enough of the word GIRL (a sentiment I'm guilty of...),
or some cartoon show with little magical-girl heroes flying around, yelling-
"YAHOO! LET'S GET 'EM, GIRLS!!!"
~Girly McGirl-hugs, Veronica
What borders on stupidity?
Canada and Mexico.
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Now I'm imagining a story
where one of the characters asks her group of friends that question, and it's the token (supposedly) cis male who actually has one on hand for her :P
Hmmm. Could be an interesting scene in a trans story, no?
Melanie E.
Nothing has changed
What exactly is a problem here?
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Button location
I think the issue is that the Preview and Save buttons are positioned right at the bottom of the web page. That means that if you are posting a comment to a long post you have to scroll a long way down to hit either; and then scroll back up to the top to see your preview.
Didn't those buttons used to be under the form fields at one time? I too have noticed how awkward it has become to leave comments lately.
Penny
PS And, bizarrely, I have just noticed that when writing this comment, the parent comment was displayed above the form fields, but when I press preview the original has now migrated below the form fields, to be replaced at the top by my own comment!
Perhaps this is part of the problem? That the page layout changes once Preview is pressed?
I have to admit...
... to noticing that annoyance. Just to be careful, I'm going to check it with this comment.
You comment on a long short story, and you decide to preview your comment before saving it. You do have to pass the entire story to get to the preview and save buttons. Top is your preview, followed by your text-entry field, followed by what you're commenting on, followed by the save and preview buttons.
But let's not complain too much for the service provided here. It's only a mild annoyance. Remember where the buttons are, and use the home and end keys. (I think that the problem is, in part, searching for the buttons, not having internalized their location. Also not having the save right after your editing field.)
-- Daphne Xu (a page of contents)
Feature
The placement of the buttons is deliberate. It encourages review of comments before posting. And it hasn't changed, this is the design Bob Arnold and I came up with about fifteen years ago.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.