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How do I add a comment to a question already in reference?
If I click "comment" at the bottom, a box opens but I can't write anything in it. Can anyone help. Some questioners come back for clarification and this is the only way to provide it once they've awarded.
I'm not commenting on my own answer. I'm using it as a channel to answer clarification questions from the asker which he posed when awarding BA. There is no other channel for such communication.
What's "beta" ?
2 Answers
- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
beta is the test phase of software
there are different stages of beta
this mess should never have made it out of internal beta (testing inside yahoo by yahoo staff)
they should have gotten rid of 99% of the bugs before it was released for a "public beta"
you need a public beta because yahoo obviously doesn't have computers with every version of windows, every version of mac, every version of linux, every version of firefox, every version of chrome ...
so they need the public do to a final test
but this new format seems like they rushed it out with no internal testing at all
editing your answer totally screws it up
- AnthonyLv 78 years ago
The comments are really stupid! You cannot comment on your own answer, that is the problem. If there are other answers, just comment under that one, and you should be able to type.
If there were no other answers, you really can't. :-/
Hopefully Y!A staff will fix that issue, this new format is still "beta", but we will all have it soon.
Beta refers to beta testing. On the new Y!A, you can only comment on individual answers, but not on your own. If you answered the question, and no one else did, you can't do anything. If other people answered the question, you can comment on their answers, and hope the asker will see it. Hopefully this clears it up.
