Whenever I try to type in those question boxes, the letters sometimes don’t even show up. Even the space bar doesn’t seem to register all the time. For example, if I try to type in the question box “Pictures and Fun”, (and you type it slowly enough for the bug to appear) you get “Pcuscuand Fn”. Well, that’s what I got. Another user also saw the same problem. Is this a bug? Thanks!
For those who want a quick access to a question and answer thingamabob, just click here.
Anna
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@Blackcats-Awesome
, sounds funky! The Q&A feature is still really new and experimental, so I haven’t really played around with it yet. But I do know that Jordan and Alissa are testing and exploring a lot of different layouts and potential features on that one to figure out the way forward with it… so some bugginess might be coming out of that. I will let Jordan know! Thanks for the heads-up!
Anna
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An update: Jordan just pushed out a fix that we’re hoping helps with that issue; logged-in editors should see it right away, and logged out will see it in the next day or so. My typing looked smooth to me when I just tested it out - hopefully the same for you!
The same thing happened to me earlier while I was on a school computer, but now it does indeed seem to be fixed. What was happening was that it wasn’t always registering keys that were put into it. I remember having to press a key 3 times for it to go through. I think it might have been expecting a slower typing speed, which would’ve meant that the fast typers like me and others would’ve had to slow down in our typing. I personally see that as a bummer, especially if you want to stick to your preferred speed.
Yup, it’s fixed now–thanks though!
SarahB
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Glad to hear it is fixed @Blackcats
Awesome! As you know I tried it for you, no wonder I had never heard of it before @Anna
, sounds like a great idea for articles so I guess I am going to have to play around with it.
Anna
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Yeah, it’s definitely still in its infancy (maybe, toddlerhood??) so I’m really excited to see where it goes. Early question submissions and helpfulness ratings for the pages with Q&As suggest that readers really find it helpful, and from a personal perspective, it seems neat and helpful to me– Jordan is still developing some other parts of the feature and experimenting a bit with what kinds of layouts readers find most helpful so it’s most certainly still evolving, but once it’s all standing on firm ground, we’ll put together a post about it so that nobody misses it. Call it a “work in progress” for now and watch this space
