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#955744 - Sat Dec 15 2012 10:12 PM World - Flash/Interactive disabled
gracious1 Offline
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Why is the Flash/Interactive mode disabled for all the quizzes in the World category (even though Flash/Quiz Game mode is allowed)?

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#955752 - Sun Dec 16 2012 01:35 AM Re: World - Flash/Interactive disabled [Re: gracious1]
kyleisalive Online   FT-cool
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Because we have frequent issues with special characters (ie. leters in other alphabets or letters with accents) appearing in said quizzes. This is especially prevalent in the Language section but stretches across several World subcategories. As such, the system automatically disallows the option.

This is also why we don't allow punctuation in FITB answers.


Edited by kyleisalive (Sun Dec 16 2012 01:35 AM)
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#956437 - Thu Dec 20 2012 12:57 AM Re: World - Flash/Interactive disabled [Re: kyleisalive]
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Okay, I was just curious because Quiz Game mode is allowed, which also uses Flash, but the regular Interactive/Flash mode is not.

The non-ASCII characters aren't as troublesome in Quiz Game mode then?


Edited by gracious1 (Thu Dec 20 2012 01:57 AM)

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