IE 8 cursor jumps around when typing text

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Can't type a sentence without the cursor jumping around. Anybody else experience this frustration? Any fixes? Thanks. :mad: CoffeeCup... Yeah, they are the best!


VP of Product Development
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Experiencing this where? ~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
Scott A. Swedorski - VP of Product Development
CoffeeCup Software Inc.
Phone: 678.495.3480

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Temporary User
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Two places off the top of my head are when typing in forum fields and replacing text in the url field. Cursor will jump ahead or back so your text is a mess and doesn't make sense if you fail to notice.

This happens on my laptop and desktop. Both Win7 nd IE8.

I have googled it and find others have experienced it but no solutions.

Very annoying. :mad: CoffeeCup... Yeah, they are the best!


VP of Product Development
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Tom wrote:
Two places off the top of my head are when typing in forum fields and replacing text in the url field. Cursor will jump ahead or back so your text is a mess and doesn't make sense if you fail to notice.

This happens on my laptop and desktop. Both Win7 nd IE8.

I have googled it and find others have experienced it but no solutions.

Very annoying. :mad:

Sorry I am not understanding what you are describing. Working in the forums here I see no such thing. Always works for me as it should. Can you give more specific information? ~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
Scott A. Swedorski - VP of Product Development
CoffeeCup Software Inc.
Phone: 678.495.3480

"Want to update your website from anywhere? Check out our new free service, S-Drive Streams. Visit http://www.coffeecup.com/sdrive for more information."


Temporary User
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Ok, I'm typing this sentence and not looking at the screen. The cursor will jump to a new location liktence and messes up my text.ious sene in the middle of the prev

What just happened is the cursor jumped back into the sentence and began inserting the text inside of the previous sentence. It happened here too but I corrected it before posting. CoffeeCup... Yeah, they are the best!


VP of Product Development
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Tom wrote:
Ok, I'm typing this sentence and not looking at the screen. The cursor will jump to a new location liktence and messes up my text.ious sene in the middle of the prev

What just happened is the cursor jumped back into the sentence and began inserting the text inside of the previous sentence. It happened here too but I corrected it before posting.

Sounds like a computer resource issue to me. I post a lot of messages a day and I have never experienced anything that. We also don't have anything running on our forums that would cause something like that.

Sorry :( ~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
Scott A. Swedorski - VP of Product Development
CoffeeCup Software Inc.
Phone: 678.495.3480

"Want to update your website from anywhere? Check out our new free service, S-Drive Streams. Visit http://www.coffeecup.com/sdrive for more information."


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That used to happen to me a LOT before I found a resource to turn off/change the sensitivity of my touchpad, but that only accounts for the laptop, not the desktop. "Time heals everything. Know who said that? My Latin teacher at barber college!"
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could also be your mouse, you using an optical mouse? maybe if it's wireless it needs batteries? or maybe it's really touchy like mine is lol. dang things such a pain! Jo Ann

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I have a wired mouse and it happens on desktop and laptop. And it only happens in the IE8 browser. Firefox appears OK and pplications like MS Word all work fine. CoffeeCup... Yeah, they are the best!


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mine is wired too and does that all over the place, not real often anymore though now that I updated the driver a bit. It doesn't sound like a mouse problem you have though if it's only in the browser, and doesn't happen to me in any of the browsers so I'll assume this may be a Win7 issue. Jo Ann

http://lbwebsites.com just recently completed and open :)
http://northbaldwinliteracycouncil.org .... Our local Literacy Council

Due to spammers the below sites are not viewable outside the US, sorry guys :(
http://proudayou.com - My sons website for his music business
http://rockinwithmainstreet.com - My brother's band website

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