QUESTION: Using SignPuddle...which web browser?

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
January 27, 2011

Dear List Members:

I received this question today:

QUESTION:

> I need to change some arrows, but I can't see the sign.  Is there something I'm doing wrong? I'm in Mac in Safari not in Internet Explorer.  
> 
> I can bring up any sign, but I can't edit the actual sign, just add more information in words.  I need to be able to actually edit the sign.  
> 
> When I start it over in the same square, it overprints what is there because I can't see the original to fix it.


ANSWER:

1. To change a sign, you must login first.

2. Once you are logged in, if you are an editor, or if you are changing your own signs that you have written yourself, then you will see these buttons. See attached. Click on the Write Sign button to re-write a sign. Press the Refresh or Reload button at the top of your browser, if you are having problems seeing your changes:

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3. It is important that you use Firefox when using SignPuddle. Sometimes Internet Explorer and Safari have problems, so please download a free version of Firefox and use that instead.

4. There is also a second browser on the Mac that works well with SignPuddle because it is using the same Mozilla engine that Firefox uses...it is called Camino. Download Camino too.

I always use Firefox or Camino when working in SignPuddle on a Mac -


Val ;-)

Valerie Sutton
SignWriting List moderator
sutton at signwriting.org

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