[I]Italics[I]

[bibblebub]

Any chance that you (or whoever tried to implement them) could spare some time trying to get italics to work better than they currently do? I realise that they are not official but they sometimes prove useful, except when they don't work e.g. my reply here http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/AB-Editors-Blog/Question1232627.html

[ummmm]

I wonder whether it's the slash[i

]I wonder if it's the /[i]

[AB Editor]

We'll see if we can revisit. I'll pop a techie task in the pile to do an "offical" version.

[ummmm]

hmmmm

[bibblebub]

[i]hmmm/ummm[i] maybe

[factor-fiction]

I have had problems too -it's a bit hit and miss.
I wondered if they failed when there was a punctuation mark immediately before the [i] but in your case you seemed to set the italics up correctly- unless they also fail if used before a capital letter.
I'll try:

hello bibblebub[i or
[i]Hello bibblebub[i] or
[i]hello bibblebub.]

[ummmm]

Seems to be.

[factor-fiction]

weird

[ummmm]

Hello[i

[i] Hello ]

[ummmm]

It's broken!

[factor-fiction]

weird.

[bibblebub]

i don't think that 2 sets of italics in the same posting[i has [i]ever worked]

[tonyav]

No[i [i]it dosn't].

[Sparkles62]

"?"

[ummmm]

lol, imagine a new user stumbling across this thread

[bibblebub]

[i]"?"[i] ?

[bibblebub]

or even a newly-returned user (hope that's not tempting fate)

[Canary42]

[i] Ignore this message, I'm just trying it out on my Apple[/i]

[gen2]

Canary, the closing tag has to be the same as the opening tag (no slash).

[RATTER15]

Im one of the oldest users and im completely lost!!

[cupid04]

I've yet to learn how to do italics! I've had it explained to me, but I'm still all fingers and thumbs!