Yeah, that's fine Prom, but what if it doesn't let you post pics? and stop tryna wind us all up 

I agree Prom.
I only got Chrome yesterday, and (so far at least) I am only using it for the GaGa forum.

Is there a problem posting pictures sprout?
I'll do a test.

I think Prom works for Google Chrome

Testing

There is with me Brisket, allthough It seems to work fine with everyone else  I haven't changed any settings anywhere, and up untill a few nights ago was posting pics fine. However when I post one now it stays there for a few minutes and 'disappears' only leaving a broken link

I'm not trying to wind anyone up. Every thread I go into seems to have people complaining about not being able to quote. I'm trying to help.

brisket thanks for the pic test

Ok, sorry. Tis just the impression I got     *must learn to engage brain before gob* 

Working fine on Galaxy 

No probs.

I've got it, but it's only good for this forum. Where's the toolbars, the bookmarks, the favourites, the 'click for another page'?

click on the little + that is behind the tab of the page you are on... to activate a new tab.

to bookmark...   click on the star at the end of the address bar.

bookmarked links will start to show themselves on the bar under the address bar.. at the end of which there will be a  double arrow head...  press that to see the continued list.

the spanner next to the address bar...  far right hand side gives you a menu for other things such as zoom..  settings... history.

Top right, the star bookmarks a page, the spanner icon is the toolbar, the plus adjacent to the tabs will show all sites you've been to.

I have to admit Cologne it's not intuitive at all I'd never use it if I didn't come to this forum but it's no big deal to me to fire it up just to post on here

The thing is, we shouldn't have to change our browser.
IE is the most widely-used browser in the world (40-47% of all web users, depending on who you listen to. Chrome is only used by about 10%.)

Now, we can have a discussion about why that is, and why it shouldn't be the case, and so on, but that won't change the fact that a very large number of people trying to access a site such as this are going to be doing so on IE. You would therefore expect the people runnning a professional web site to test it on IE (amongst other browsers, of course.)

It's pretty obvious that this site was not tested properly on IE before the upgrade, and quite frankly I find that staggering.

Eugene, my sentiments excactly.

Eugene's carrying an axe col.

And he don't look happy.

Cue intro...

Oh I say....
I am 10%

Yeah, I too can identify with that Eugene

Makes you wonder why they want it to work with other ones doesn't it? advertising?..............who said that

We don't need to change it we just need to use another one in addition to what we normally use. It's far from ideal I agree 100 per cent on that point and I too am baffled that the forum doesn't operate as advertised on the most used browser in the world. I'm just saying there is an option that works here and people should used it instead of complaining. 

I'm a 'doer' not a whiner and doer isn't even a word that's just how 'out there' and wacky I really am

I'll stick with FF....

I use FF and tried Chrome. Have stuck with FF and am able to Quote on here after experimenting how to do it. You have to open the reply box and move it to the post you want to quote, then highlight the text in the said post and click the Quote icon 3rd left on the widget bar. Hope this helps some of you.

Prom, I'm also a 'doer' but the fact is GC just doesn't do what I want it to do on this site...neither does IE........so......I'm stuffed both ways, and am blasted if I'm gonna use a third one

Velvet I love it, but how about somewthing more optimistic?

I'll try again.

I haven't used it much stonks but if that works too hurrah another option 

While I do have some sympathy for that argument (heck, I've even fired up FF just now just so that I can quote), there are a couple of problems with it:
Firstly, complaining can be constructive. If people don't complain, faults will never be fixed.
Secondly, I don't understand how not properly supporting IE makes sense to Gaga from a business perspective (Note that I'm not talking about just ensuring it works on IE: I'm talking about ensuring that IE is one of the main browsers you test your site on.)
If potential new members stumble upon Gaga, the chances are that they'll do so on IE. If they then find that they can't do some of the basic things they expect of a forum site, they'll immediately go elsewhere. We've also got the situation of several longstanding FMs thinking of giving up because they find it too difficult to post here. I repeat: I can't understand how that sort of situation makes sense from a business perspective.

Very valid points IMO

Very eloquently put Eugene

You're preaching to the converted here mate. I love IE and use it for everything. They have spent years working on it making it intuitive and responsive. I was just trying to tell people who seem really frustrated at not being able to quote that there is an easy workaround. I don't know why they haven't tested the forum on IE maybe the cynics who say there are hidden agendas to get people using other browsers for advertising reasons are correct, I don't know.

Don't shoot the messenger

I will second this. Loads of free forum sites are geared up for this type of forum and seem to have things like this as the norm. I reckon folk have left here coz of the difficulties with the site. I will try and work through the probs but a lot of folk will just give up.

Very eloquently put Eugene
just testing

Heeeere's Eugene!

Sorry if I scared anyone with my earlier post...
The thing is: I don't like bringing up "RL" here (this forum is part of my relaxation, and I've no desire to turn it into a "busman's holiday"), but I have some experience of these matters.
To be fair to Gaga, there are a staggering number of professional websites and other computer-related companies out there who have what seems like an almost perverse tendency to not support the software tools their users are most likely to want to use. There are some explanations for this, and I do understand them: for example, most techies don't like IE, and therefore don't use it to test their work. However as I've said in another post, that simply doesn't make sense from a professional business perspective...

Quoting is one of the mainstays of a forum and for folk not being able to do so without probs is an issue. All of the free forums i have visited have a " Quote" button.. surely is is not beyond the techies on here to embed thi for ease of use.

This one has a quote button too. It doesn't work on all browsers.

My apologies if it came across like that: it certainly wasn't my intention.
As I said earlier, I've also been forced to turn to another browser (FF) for some of my posting needs, but I don't like FF that much in general, and I'm not happy about having to switch between two browsers. (I won't use Chrome, but let's not get into that for the time-being...)

What I would suggest is a two-pronged solution: those who have problems posting and are prepared to use another browser do so, but still complain about the problems they've experienced, and their unhappiness in having to take corrective action...

Testdriving Chrome