Bluey said:
Yes about two weeks ago you said you have had some problems with PM,s. You for some reason thought that had something to do with firefox. You did not specify your problem the same as Oceanmist23 has done other wise I would had done this two weeks ago.
Exactly how more specific should "I can't send PMs to some members at all in Firefox" get? And what is necessary to prompt a reaction other than "I don't have any problems, sorry, mate"?
Doesn't it seem to make at least a little sense to ask "Tell me more, what exactly is happening that you can't send messages"? If you cared at least that much (as every admin should), I would have investigated into this further. It's not my job to tell you what's wrong, it's yours. I didn't realize at the time it had to do with character limits because it makes no sense (especially if there are no problems in another browser), and even if I did, it's not my responsibility to tell you what, why and how. I'm not running this site, so I can't know what's going on.
And yes, it did have to do with Firefox because, as I said, Opera didn't have this problem. It's a server issue.
We have username limits cos you would get some spammer that would make a name stupidly long and stretch the page across the page which would make the reading of a thread moor difficult. I have seen this done on other message Bord's.
Of course you will have username limits, but if space character is enabled and there were members who registered their usernames with more, then there's no reason to lower it all the way to 10 as you did, especially not if the site is run on such an unstable engine like MyBB. This can often trigger weird behavior, especially if the base hasn't been optimized in a while. The standard username character limit is 30 and that's usually the default in most forum software.
And of course I care. I would not be here if I did not. Nobody makes me come to this place and if I do not come I don't meas out on any pay check or anything. I come here cos I loves de place and the ppl that come here I have a lot in common with and can relate to most of what they say.
Very few admins, mods or supermods are on a payroll, unless it's an official company forum or an extremely revenue-oriented site. And if they are, I assure you they don't have the "I don't have that problem, so sorry" attitude, just as most of those who don't earn a penny don't either. I've ran a forum and I never felt necessary to remind anyone I don't earn a buck, and yet when something was reported, I looked into it immediately, even if I didn't have the same issue on my end.
And the fact that I've offered this site a $200 software which would take care of most of the problems and engage even more people for free and the owner didn't even feel appropriate to reply says more about the level of interest than I ever could. I know this has nothing to do with you, but it needs a mention.