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[lapsedmodernist]

Okay, I have literally been unable to post lj comments on OTHER people's posts since the new system being put into place (commenting on my own posts still works okay and the comment format looks like it did before the change). I can open the reply interface and type what I want into the response box, but the actual "post comment" button remains gray and inactive and I cannot press it. I have tried in Firefox and in Safari. Any ideas on how to fix it?

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[hairyears.livejournal.com]

I have problems posting replies and comments from Opera (both on my phone and from my laptop) . My best guess is that the new comment button is a proprietary widget (like a Flash object) or a piece of non-standard HTML (a so-called browser extension) that was introduced by Microsoft and doesn't work very well on browsers that aren't Intermet Explorer.

Enough Geeking. Fixing this means using another browser ; I'm using the loathsome vendor-imposed browser that came with my phone to post this.

Alternatively... If you can comment on your own posts, it's possible that you're viewing your own journal using one of the older 'S2' styles, which don't have the clever new comment buttons (yet). There's an option, somewhere, to always view other peoples' journals in your own style and that might get you a working comment button. You can test this by typing "&Style=mine" after the URL in the address bar; if that works, you can go looking for the 'always view in my style' option.

I've mentioned the problem before, if you want to look up recent entries on my LJ; the short version is that it's not a sustainable working strategy to work against an application, an interface, or a system - and especially so, when the admin or the development team on the other end of the problem are actively working against *you*. They can and will break your workaround; they can and will do something even more obstructive and inconvenient tomorrow, next werk, next month and next year. It's what crap developers *do*. Arguably, it's what they're for, in companies with an exploitative attitude to their user 'stock'.

The rational answer is to move to another platform: I'm sure you've noticed the 'Crossposted from Dreamwidth, you can comment there...' Links on some Journals 'round here.

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

Huh, I use Opera and haven't had any problems at all.

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

I haven't had any problems in either Firefox or Safari.

One thought - have you checked to see that your browsers are 100% up-to-date?

[boymaenad.livejournal.com]

FWIW, the days of IE being the dominant browser that everyone presumes you have are over. now everything works in Firefox, Safari, and Chrome, more or less in that order, except for some older sites (like some of Verizon's) which are still more IE dependent.

just spreading the word :) open to contradictory info, but I think I'm right.

just checked this, thought it was supportive. don't let Safari's tiny number fool you - it's what most apple products use, so when people think "make sure mac users can use this" they think Safari.

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

Firefox, Chrome, and Opera numbers are a little inflated because they exist on multiple OSs. IE hasn't made a new Mac version since 2003.

but I'm one to talk - I'm still typing on livejournal right now.

[jactitation.livejournal.com]

Using Chrome and no problems.

[pivovision]

i am having the same problem in firefox. it seems to be a problem only on journals using the default layout for comment pages, though.

edit - same issue in chrome. unfuckingbelievable.

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

How weird and irritating! I'm using Chrome and no problem.