Bob,
First of all, please ensure your idiot box is set up to accept cookies... if it's not, you will time out in about 20 minutes. On MLU as well, "3rd party cookies" don't matter a damn as I am NOT linked to any other site such as advertising etc... have no fear.
Then, clear your browser cache, cookies and history and reboot. You should be fine from then on.
If you do get a crash when sending, hit your back button before punching out the screen - it
may save your text so you can try again.
Regards PMs, email etc, I've found out the hard way that if I want to ensure something I've said gets sent, I Ctrl-A then Ctrl-C the copy I've just typed and paste it into a text editor for safe keeping BEFORE I try to send it - that way if it crashes I can just bring up the app again and Ctrl-V the copy into the box and then send it. It's saved me a lot of frustration a few times...
Keep me posted.
Jif