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mollie Fri 13-Nov-15 09:51:29

there was a delete button here to save my red face! I've gained a daft habit of dashing off a reply to a thread without reading the OP properly. I know GHQ won't allow it because there'd be lots of holes in the fabric of the forum but it wouldn't 'arf save my pride blush

What would you wish for?

Tegan Fri 13-Nov-15 10:02:35

My typos are getting terrible; another reason why I'd like an edit button. Even if I 'preview' it I don't notice until I've pressed the 'post' key. It really annoys me to see them sad.

whitewave Fri 13-Nov-15 10:39:48

Same here with both posts

rosesarered Fri 13-Nov-15 10:41:36

Same here, more emoticons would be nice too.

Alea Fri 13-Nov-15 11:09:26

I wish my iPad wouldn't make up daft words of its own, every time I try to write anything with -ing at the end, it produces GN, "like" is often "love"and "lovely " can be anything. Yeah U was what I got for "you" recently and I really haven't got enough eyes to check the keyboard/predictive suggestions/what actually comes up.
And don't get me started on the apostrophes!

jinglbellsfrocks Fri 13-Nov-15 11:20:51

My mini iPad always tries to put 'I honk' when I type 'I think'! grin

hildajenniJ Fri 13-Nov-15 11:37:02

Hudl is just the same. Every time I try to type have a lovely day, hudl wants me to say lively! It also has a swipe function. Here is an example: cm lb Th sub. That was three swipes. This is what happens if you are not quick enough to take your finger off the screen. I end up spending more time deleting superfluous letters than actual writing.

ninathenana Fri 13-Nov-15 13:54:25

An edit button and more emotes. It would also be so much easier to use the emotes on my phone and not have to use specific GN ones. Kindle makes up it's own words too grin

downtoearth Fri 13-Nov-15 19:22:40

why do you think I stick with my laptop grin..

rosequartz Fri 13-Nov-15 19:26:15

I often post then read the OP properly afterwards blush
Especially if it is tltr

rosequartz Fri 13-Nov-15 19:27:26

I must have a shorter attention span than I used to (just thinking of those long reports at work hmm)

Perhaps it's because I'm not being paid for this!

Elrel Fri 13-Nov-15 21:30:48

I'd like to be able to:
Edit
'Like' posts

I guess I'm just more used to FaceBook!

Iam64 Sat 14-Nov-15 20:55:38

Yes, it'd be good to be able to 'like' posts but then would be need a dislike, or downward facing thumb?
If I post on my iPad rather than lap top, words change and I don't always notice so it looks like I can't spell at all

Greyduster Sat 14-Nov-15 21:22:05

Another forum I belong to has a 'like' facility, but we don't have a dislike facility. Seems to work okay.

janeainsworth Sun 15-Nov-15 08:04:50

mollie If it's any consolation, I have no idea which of your posts you are blush about.
In similar circumstances I console myself with the thought that even if anyone has noticed my faux pas, it will soon have been superseded by other posts and become yesterday's virtual chip wrapper wink

mollie Mon 23-Nov-15 17:25:16

After reading several threads here today I really wish we had a 'like' button. I've agreed with so many comments on quite serious discussions but to write a comment every time really isn't appropriate - I pop up all over the place as it is! A 'like' button would do the trick nicely!