Sometimes my browser gets stuck for a while after I click on a square, or sometimes my browser reports that the script is not responding. What is that about?
In some circumstances (especially on large puzzles with lots of small numbered clues) the error checking can get astonishingly slow. It doesn’t get stuck permanently, but it sometimes takes so long to come back that you might have time to go out for lunch. I haven’t yet found a full fix to this problem, but there are strategies for working around it, that you might consider when working on large puzzles: • Use Firefox 2.0. Hangs still happen, but after a minute or so you get a pop up message saying a script is busy or may have stopped responding. You can click “Stop script” and be on your way. Note however that the bad line will not have been marked with a red ball. • Uncheck the “Automatic Error Checking” option on the “Options” screen. You won’t get red balls marking erroneous lines, but you won’t get hangs either. • Save often so you won’t lose your work. The ‘s’ key is a quick short cut for saving. • Paint with the number keys (see below), or using the color picker or color menu, i
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