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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

Did you already try Standard Diagnostic?

Giorgio Maone wrote: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

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

More Information here:

Stan Hilliard