Jeff, did you try different browsers for Bettermost if you were having that problem? Sometimes that fixes it for me even though it is not the browser in isolation, and certainly not Bettermost itself, which has a problem. One of my friends was having problems in Facebook ever since her Internet Explorer went to version 8 - broken links, back arrows just going back one or two pages before getting lost and the like. She tried Firefox and had none of those problems. It was probably neither IE 8 nor Facebook but those in combination with her settings for them, or in combination with other programs.
What problems, darlin?
Like Andrew's friend, I had problems after upgrading to IE 8. Anyway, Chuck told me about a little button, and Lee told me the name (so thanks to both! ). It's the compability button directly to the right of your browerser's address field (if you have IE, that is). It looks like a torn sheet of paper. For me, it fixed the problems.
Thank you both for your thoughts and suggestions.
I access Bettermost one of two ways. At work I access through our company network
which uses Internet Explorer--which was recently upgraded. At home I access Bettermost, and, indeed, the Internet in general, through AOL. The problem I was having--I guess since IE was upgraded here at work, anyway--was that if I attempted to input any text--that is, write a post--that was longer than the size of the text box, so that the text would have to scroll, the contents of the text box would jump around, up and down, as soon as I got to the bottom of the box in my typing. This was really annoying when I wanted to include a lengthy quote in my post. It appears that clicking on that compatibility button has solved that problem, at least here at work, and I thank you both for your help.
I'm not quite sure how to describe the problem at home. There, when I input text, it no longer appears as I'm typing it. It's almost as if the text is going into some type of buffer, and there is a lag time before it appears on the screen. It makes inputting very slow--I might as well be typing with one finger. Since I access the site through AOL, I'm not sure what to do about that.
Maybe I should try accessing at home through Internet Explorer. I've never heard of Firefox.
About the picture loading: there may be a restriction of size for avatar pics (not sure). Maybe shrinking the pic before uploading could help?
That might be it, but I don't know nuthin' 'bout sizin' no pics. ...