Can't see names.

The picture should be self evident.I haven't edited out the name, that is how it appeared to me. Selecting the text and right clicking showed the person's name but I can't see it without doing this.

This has happened a few times before in notes and usually happens whenever someone used asterisks. For example, I can't see this when I preview, just checked.

Is it something wrong with my computer/browser or is it site-wide? You can check if this happens for you. If you can see the following, then this doesn't happen to you.

Looks like its a problem with me only. :(

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Easy Math Editor

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Markdown	Appears as
`italics` or `_italics_`	italics
`bold` or `__bold__`	bold
- bulleted - list	bulleted list
1. numbered 2. list	numbered list
Note: you must add a full line of space before and after lists for them to show up correctly
paragraph 1 paragraph 2	paragraph 1 paragraph 2
`[example link](https://brilliant.org)`	example link
`> This is a quote`	This is a quote
# I indented these lines # 4 spaces, and now they show # up as a code block. print "hello world"	# I indented these lines # 4 spaces, and now they show # up as a code block. print "hello world"

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `$` ... `$` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$

Comments

@Calvin Lin

Siddhartha Srivastava - 6 years, 3 months ago

Thanks. We are currently unable to reproduce this bug.

Can you give me more information:
1. What OS and browser are you using?
2. When did you first notice this occurring?
3. Does this happen every time / frequently / rarely?

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 3 months ago

Windows 7 and Google Chrome.
I can't say exactly. I guess a month or two? I used to ignore it at first since usually only a word or two were affected and not everyone wrote with asterisks.
This happens everytime. I can't see anything written between asterisks, even in the preview. Though if I select the space where the text should be, I can see the text in "Search google for'...' " option.

So you can actually see everything I've written between the asterisks? Even the line at the extreme bottom?

Siddhartha Srivastava - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Siddhartha Srivastava – Now I'm confused. Can you state exactly / explicitly what the issue you're getting it? I do not understand what you think is "self-evident", as there are a bunch of things happening in that screenshot.

I thought the issue was that "Names were not appearing in the notifications". But now, I do not think that's the case.

This is what notifications (and just notifications) look like for me

I do not understand what you meant by "For example, I can't see this when I preview, just checked."

It sounds to me that you're not talking about notifications. If so, please be specific and explain what your issue is.

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Calvin Lin – Sorry. I'll be more clear. What's happening is that whatever is written between asterisks is not visible to me. Anywhere. Notifications, posts, questions, notes anywhere.

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So for example in the screenshot from my laptop above, I can't see the words "For example, I can't see this when I preview, just checked." which you can apparently see.I think the user @Adarsh Kumar had asterisks in before and after his name, which is why when I got a notification about him, I couldn't see his name

Siddhartha Srivastava - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Siddhartha Srivastava – Ah, now I understand.

This is indeed the first time that I've heard about this issue, and it looks like it is a problem with you only. Words in the asterisks appear as bolded or italicized (depending on the number of asterisks), and so it could be that your specific browser is unable to display that.

I will ask someone to look into the OS and Browser that you stated.

FYI, your note (without the image) looks as such:

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Calvin Lin – Speaking of bugs, I wanted to report one too. The italicized text disappears at some places. Here's a screenshot.

Image

Prasun Biswas - 6 years, 3 months ago

Can you check if the following numbering bullets is visible to you:

This is a test
Testing

The above should look like this:

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 3 months ago

Yes. I can see both of them.

Siddhartha Srivastava - 6 years, 3 months ago

Can you check if you can see this Wiki page? It should look like this:

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Calvin Lin – Yes. I can see both.

Siddhartha Srivastava - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Siddhartha Srivastava – Thanks! We are narrowing down the possibilities :)

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 3 months ago

I'm using another laptop and can now see the words between the asterisks..Same OS and same browser. Must be somthing wrong with my computer. Do you have any ideas what might be wrong?

Siddhartha Srivastava - 6 years, 3 months ago

It could be that your desktop (possibly old?) is unable to load the custom fonts that we used on the site.

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Calvin Lin – Well, I can't really do anything for that. I guess I'll just have to live with it. Thank you for helping.

Siddhartha Srivastava - 6 years, 3 months ago

Hey siddhartha, a question not related with this thread, have you received your inmo performance card, if yes how much are you scoring???

Kislay Raj - 6 years, 3 months ago

I got 51. You?

Siddhartha Srivastava - 6 years, 3 months ago

i haven't yet received my performance card. Hmm .. with 51 marks i think you have marginal chances to reach IMOTC. Hope for the best :)

Kislay Raj - 6 years, 3 months ago

@Kislay Raj – How many marks are you expecting?

Siddhartha Srivastava - 6 years, 3 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$