lagging text

I've had this problem for some time now. Often, but not always, when typing a reply at Wordforge (only happens here) the text does not appear as I type it but lags, sometimes a LOT (my last previous post, I had to wait almost a full minute before it finished filling in).

Why?

Xenforo. Happens to me on TrekBBS, too.

I have seen this.

Could be a program is eating your memory.
I just got rid of a greedy anti-virus that was lagging everything.

yeah except it only ever does it here

The Xenforo text editor is known for lagging. It's something that exists between versions 1.2 and 1.4. I don't know if the latest version has the same issue, but I wouldn't doubt it. Developers and customers have complained for years, but Xenforo doesn't seem to care.

Just eliminating other possibilities.

Never had that issue.

(this reply was started in 1997)

Are you using the WYSIWYG text box? Having that option turned on slowed things way down for me, and when I got rid of it, the problem went away.

I have exactly ZERO idea what that is

That fixed it for me.

WYSIWYG is an acronym for "What You See Is What You Get," which just means what you type in the box will look exactly like that in the post, instead of being surrounded by BBCode, formatting commands, and smiley codes. Xenforo's WYSIWYG editor is notorious for lagging, bugging, and just being a nuisance, especially on the mobile platform, where it's nothing short of Satan's armpit.

Is there a way to disable it by default?

Per user? Yes.
For the board? Probably, but I wouldn't recommend it.

To disable the Rich Text editor, do the following:

Hover the cursor over your username in the top right hand corner.
Select "Preferences."
Under the "Options" heading, deselect the checkbox that says "Use the rich text editor to create and edit messages."

Done!

I recommend decompressing the main shuttlebay.

but then you have to manually enter all the code tags, right?

Yes. You would have to type in the BBCode and smiley codes manually.

Wait, am I the only one who still manually enters BB code tags?

I do most of them manually. But then I am old school.

Nope.

I still enter them manually. Also, I use the CTRL format keys on my keyboard. It's faster.

I do most of them manually, because I'm too lazy to look through that monumental list.

Yes, but did you make the list?

Yes she did, actually.

Did I?

Let's see ...

Woohoo!! I made the list!

Another list I didn't make.

:animal:

It could show a jihadi with a turbin, a long beard, the tradition Arab man jammies, blowing himself up. Alternatively a blonde woman run away from a muslim rapist.