Emoticon Malfunction: Attn Webmaster

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.

Eli1

Well-known member
Apr 5, 2022
4,749
2,054
113
46
#21
It'd be good to know the software of this forum.
Is this a XenForo forum software?
 

Eli1

Well-known member
Apr 5, 2022
4,749
2,054
113
46
#22
This type of error also has something to do with the ForumStyles of this forum which are in CSS format.
Maybe the Admin can change to the default style in the testing environment to see if it works instead of this custom display style.
Or the custom display style needs to be updated to the latest CSS standards.
I know that updates are kinda slow around here :giggle: but i'm just suggesting common troubleshooting steps.
 

Eli1

Well-known member
Apr 5, 2022
4,749
2,054
113
46
#23
If the admins have changed nothing on their end for this to happen, it's most likely an outdated custom CSS style which is not compatible with the latest update that MS Edge got this month.
 

Eli1

Well-known member
Apr 5, 2022
4,749
2,054
113
46
#24
Since this site is using custom reactions it looks like with a custom style page, i would think that it's very likely that the CSS style of this page is not compatible with some new update that MS Edge got this month.

This is what the default emojis looks like when you launch Developer Mode (F12) in Microsoft Edge.

1727390529773.png
 

Eli1

Well-known member
Apr 5, 2022
4,749
2,054
113
46
#25
So far i can't find any compatible rendering settings with MsEdge, but i'll keep looking.
 

Magenta

Senior Member
Jul 3, 2015
60,130
29,446
113
#28
I have Edge too. Problem occurred right after one of MS frequent updates. Using Wave now with no problems.
I'm in Firefox but videos are not displaying. Ugh LOL. I have to go back to Edge to see vids .:p
 

Magenta

Senior Member
Jul 3, 2015
60,130
29,446
113
#30
One thing people can possibly do as a short term work-around is, if there are already reactions on somebody's post,
and your desired reaction is already selected by someone else, you can simply click it, and it will add yours to the total.

Of course this only works if the reaction you want to leave has already been selected by another.
 

tourist

Senior Member
Mar 13, 2014
42,588
17,055
113
69
Tennessee
#31
I'm in Firefox but videos are not displaying. Ugh LOL. I have to go back to Edge to see vids .:p
Very aggravating for sure. When I'm on Wave the reaction icons appear but apparently this version has an inferior spell and punctuation checker.
 

Eli1

Well-known member
Apr 5, 2022
4,749
2,054
113
46
#32
Been a little busy but i just checked from another computer right now, running Edge and the emojis are working fine.
I'll try to find out what are the differences. Most likely the version of Edge.
 

Eli1

Well-known member
Apr 5, 2022
4,749
2,054
113
46
#33
Yup. I updated Edge on this computer and the emojis don't work.
So this confirms that the latest Edge update from September 19 caused this issue. Everyone in the world is going to slowly get this update eventually which is why some users here may experience this issue and others don't .... yet.
 

Eli1

Well-known member
Apr 5, 2022
4,749
2,054
113
46
#34

Lynx

Folksy yet erudite
Aug 13, 2014
27,345
9,365
113
#35
Whatever shall we do??! Without reactions, how will we convey our feelings about someone's post?

Oh wait... There's always replies. Takes more effort though. Skip it.
 

Ballaurena

Well-known member
May 27, 2024
416
278
63
#36
Yup. I updated Edge on this computer and the emojis don't work.
So this confirms that the latest Edge update from September 19 caused this issue. Everyone in the world is going to slowly get this update eventually which is why some users here may experience this issue and others don't .... yet.
Actually I don't use Edge. I first noticed this problem on my Android phone where the emojis are hidden and only the hover tags show up. Then today on my laptop I started getting where I can't see the emojis except for a very quick flash, I can't even reliably give a response every time, and I get this weird warning about having to wait 3 seconds which may or may not be related. Both are Google Chrome. At the moment it all seems to work fine in Firefox.
 

Eli1

Well-known member
Apr 5, 2022
4,749
2,054
113
46
#37
Actually I don't use Edge. I first noticed this problem on my Android phone where the emojis are hidden and only the hover tags show up. Then today on my laptop I started getting where I can't see the emojis except for a very quick flash, I can't even reliably give a response every time, and I get this weird warning about having to wait 3 seconds which may or may not be related. Both are Google Chrome. At the moment it all seems to work fine in Firefox.
All chromium based browsers seem to be doing some major update but Firefox which is a non-chromium based browser is not affected.
Now, it would help if the administrators here told the public if they're changing anything on their end, but i think it's mainly related to the September 19 chromium update which everyone in the world is going to get. Everyone who is using a chromium based browser.
The 3 second thingy is also something that i get when i try to give a reaction too quickly, so that setting hasn't changed but it's more obvious now that people try to click the emojis quickly since they're hard to press and they disappear.
 

Godsgirl1983

Well-known member
Feb 2, 2023
1,717
1,047
113
#38
I'm on hp chromebook using chrome.
I only started really noticing problems with the emojis reactions yesterday.
This is what I see when I try to leave a reaction:

Screenshot 2024-10-10 2.30.44 PM.png

What I am finding to work (if I really want to leave a reaction that has not already been left by someone else) is if I click and hold a few seconds (I usually slowly count to 10) and then quick click as I let go, it shows up.
Then again, sometimes it takes me a few tries to make this trick work (and a few times I've had to just give up and use the "like" thumb others had previously left).


I know there was talk about getting a new live chat started, and I wonder if that is causing site hiccups?
 

Eli1

Well-known member
Apr 5, 2022
4,749
2,054
113
46
#39
I'm on hp chromebook using chrome.
I only started really noticing problems with the emojis reactions yesterday.
This is what I see when I try to leave a reaction:

View attachment 268230

What I am finding to work (if I really want to leave a reaction that has not already been left by someone else) is if I click and hold a few seconds (I usually slowly count to 10) and then quick click as I let go, it shows up.
Then again, sometimes it takes me a few tries to make this trick work (and a few times I've had to just give up and use the "like" thumb others had previously left).


I know there was talk about getting a new live chat started, and I wonder if that is causing site hiccups?
Thank you for the screenshot.
Looks to me that this chromium based update is now exhibiting itself in this format too.
Basically the reactions on the site are using javascript and CSS (cascade style sheets). Because the chromium browsers have been updated, the error seems to show itself in two ways so far. One is the disappearing emojis and the other is the 3 second timeout.
Both cases are using javascript.

Personally i don't think any of these issues that people are experiencing are related to anything the owners are doing on this site, but they can clear this up with a simple comment.
I just don't think it's related because if you downgrade your browser before September 19, then everything works fine.
 

JohnDB

Well-known member
Jan 16, 2021
6,214
2,522
113
#40
Thank you for the screenshot.
Looks to me that this chromium based update is now exhibiting itself in this format too.
Basically the reactions on the site are using javascript and CSS (cascade style sheets). Because the chromium browsers have been updated, the error seems to show itself in two ways so far. One is the disappearing emojis and the other is the 3 second timeout.
Both cases are using javascript.

Personally i don't think any of these issues that people are experiencing are related to anything the owners are doing on this site, but they can clear this up with a simple comment.
I just don't think it's related because if you downgrade your browser before September 19, then everything works fine.
Uggghhhh
And I used to like using the emoticons.

Any hope of a patch to fix all this?

I miss the things....after all the clock needs to be used.