[RESOLVED] Separate paragraphs combine in one huge paragraph

[StanH]

I am posting this on both the Firefox and NoScript support forums because I do not know if my problem relates to Windows XP-Pro SP3, Firefox 3.6, NoScript 1.9.9.47, or none of the above. The problem does not occur with Windows 7, Firefox 3.6, NoScript 1.9.9.47

The problem is in posting messages on a particular forum: windows7forums.com. Separate paragraphs combine into one hugh paragraph when I post a message with my desktop XP computer. When the paragraphs combine, the linefeed (enter key) does not function. It happens to the posted message, but I do not have to post the message to make it happen. When I [preview] the message the superparagraph is displayed. Also the input-text in the editbox gets replaced by the equivalent of the previewed superparagraph.

To learn more, I did an experiment where I posted a message containing paragraphs with my Windows 7 laptop. The paragraphs/linefeeds displayed normally when posted from the W7 laptop. It looked like this:

==== BEGINNING
This test is with my other computer -- the Windows 7 one.

NEW PARAGRAPH: This starts a new paragraph with a blank linefeed above it.
NEW PARAGRAPH: This starts a new paragraph with no blank line added above it.

Stan Hilliard
==== END

This message above looks the same when viewed on the forum with either PC. When I post that same message from the XP desktop pc I get a message that looks like this on the forum.

==== BEGINNING
This test is with my other computer -- the Windows 7 one. NEW PARAGRAPH: This starts a new paragraph with a blank linefeed above it. NEW PARAGRAPH: This starts a new paragraph with no blank line added above it. Stan Hilliard
==== END

This message above also looks the same when viewed on the forum with either PC.

Then with my XP disktop PC I used the forum's [edit] button to edit the good looking message that I had posted from the W7 laptop. Here is what I saw in the message-edit testbox:

==== BEGINNING
This test is with my other computer -- the Windows 7 one.<br />
<br />
NEW PARAGRAPH: This starts a new paragraph with a blank linefeed above it.<br />
NEW PARAGRAPH: This starts a new paragraph with no blank line added above it.<br />
<br />
Stan Hilliard<br />
==== END

I hope the above information is a clue to what is wrong. Here are some other facts that I learned from my experimenting:

The superparagraph does not happen when I post with my laptop. (Windows 7, NoScript 1.9.9.47 and Firefox 3.6 or IE8 browsers.)

The superparagraph does not happen when I post with the IE8 browser on my desktop PC. (Windows XP.)

The superparagraph only happens when I post with Firefox 3.6/NoScript 1.9.9.47 on my desktop PC. And it only happens on one of the many forums that I have used: windows7forums.com. The administrators of windows7forums.com closed my discussion because they could not reproduce my results from their end. They claimed it my description "is either is a ploy or is completely nonsensical."

Can anyone here understand what is going on that messes the formatting? Information will be appreciated.

Stan Hilliard

[Giorgio Maone]

Did you already try Standard Diagnostic?

[StanH]

Did you already try Standard Diagnostic?

Thanks, in safe mode Firefox the paragraphs did not run together. And earlier today I discovered that windows7forums.com message input editor was defaulted to "enhanced interface" mode. By changing that setting [settings][general settings] to "standard editor" I could post normally using "unsafe" Firefox mode.

In safe mode test I could switch the forum message editor back to "enhanced interface" mode and still post good messages. I think the issue was most likely caused by NoScript and warrants being checked out in the windows 7 support area of windows7forums.com.

Stan Hilliard

[StanH]

The problem is fixed by setting NoScript to allow googleapis.com

More Information here:

Stan Hilliard