Windows 7: Korean not working on Facebook, Google even when activated

Hi,

I'm currently having trouble using Korean inputs in Facebook and Google.
I run on Windows 7 64-bit.
I have the Korean Microsoft IME installed, and on Open Office, YouTube, and other such applications, I am able to type in Korean perfectly fine.

Strangely enough, on Facebook, when I try to type in Korean (with Korean keyboard activated), the characters all come out in plain English.
If I want to type something in Korean on Facebook, I have to go through the process of typing it up on an Open Office document and copy/pasting it into Facebook.
I know that my other friends aren't having a problem typing in Korean on Facebook.

Additionally, when I try to type in Korean on Google, I am only semi-successful.
When I try to type in Korean characters into the search bar, the characters maybe first come out in English, type a few characters in Korean, and then goes back to typing English.
For example, if I try to type in something like this:
컴퓨터 (which consists of the English characters :컴 zja 퓨 vb 터 xj)
it might come out as something like:
zja퓨xj
At other times, like on Facebook, Korean does not come out at all, only English characters.

This problem occurs on both Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1 and IE.

Any idea as to what the problem might be and how to fix it?
Thank you for your time.

Had a quick look around and found nothing of much interest but may be you should 'contact' Facebook and ask them.

Really taking a stab in the dark here. But could there be any relevance as to whether you are accessing these sites via something (geography wise) that is not their Korean based services? truenorth

If you display the Language Bar at the top of your desktop, does it look like this?:



With the Language Bar like that, I can type Korean in my browser, including facebook.  Some random Korean characters typed from my keyboard: ㅇ시ㅣㅗㅅ대햐ㅗㅁ댜ㅐ;해돔핻;ㅁ.

I've briefly used the Language Bar in Windows XP and just enabled it in Windows 7 after seeing this topic here.  The Language Bar has always seemed like a very finicky, sensitive tool to use.  Maybe it just takes some time to get familiar with it.  One thing I've noticed is that moving from one application to another usually requires toggling the Han/Eng button to Korean when first attempting to type Korean in the latter application.  Once you've typed Korean in a program window, leave that window, and then return to it, Windows usually remembers you were typing Korean there.

Some references may help:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/The-Language-bar-overview
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/switch-between-different-languages-by-using-the-language-bar-HA010362283.aspx

Had a quick look around and found nothing of much interest but may be you should 'contact' Facebook and ask them.

Yeah, I couldn't find anything, either...
I might try that since I can't think of anything else, but it's not just Facebook...
It's Google, too, and not only that, but there's no language problem for anyone else who uses Facebook.

Really taking a stab in the dark here. But could there be any relevance as to whether you are accessing these sites via something (geography wise) that is not their Korean based services? truenorth

Hmm, I don't think so?
I live in the western part of the United States (not sure if I'm allowed to disclose my location here?), and no other computer or laptop here is having this problem.

If you display the Language Bar at the top of your desktop, does it look like this?:



With the Language Bar like that, I can type Korean in my browser, including facebook.  Some random Korean characters typed from my keyboard: ㅇ시ㅣㅗㅅ대햐ㅗㅁ댜ㅐ;해돔핻;ㅁ.

I've briefly used the Language Bar in Windows XP and just enabled it in Windows 7 after seeing this topic here.  The Language Bar has always seemed like a very finicky, sensitive tool to use.  Maybe it just takes some time to get familiar with it.  One thing I've noticed is that moving from one application to another usually requires toggling the Han/Eng button to Korean when first attempting to type Korean in the latter application.  Once you've typed Korean in a program window, leave that window, and then return to it, Windows usually remembers you were typing Korean there.

Some references may help:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/The-Language-bar-overview
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/switch-between-different-languages-by-using-the-language-bar-HA010362283.aspx

That's definitely what it looks like when I try to type in Korean.
In that setting, I am able to type in Korean on YouTube, Open Office documents, etc. just fine, but still with that setting on, I type in English on Google and Facebook.
But thank you for going through the trouble of doing that for me.


Thank you for your suggestions, everyone.
If you think there are other possible reasons for this issue, I'd be grateful to know.

Keep in mind that you would probably not be able to log in to facebook if the language bar was set to Korean and you have your password saved by your browser.  Or, Windows may recognize that the language needs to be set to English for the facebook login and change it to English if it was set to Korean.  Then, after logging in, you should be able to switch back to Korean. 

Are you using the part of the language bar highlighted in red below to switch back and forth between English and Korean while the main language bar is set to Korean?  Clicking on that part of the language bar toggles your keyboard input back and forth from one language to the other.

Mm, if I understood properly what you were trying to say, I don't think that's the problem.
I don't have the auto-sign-in activated on Facebook, and just to check, I tried logging out then back into Facebook, and tried using Korean--
Still didn't work.

As for the language bar, I'm pretty sure I'm using it correctly.
I toggle both the main English/Korean (first toggle using alt+shift) as well as the second English/Korean toggle you highlighted in red (using just the alt key and changing back and forth from "A" to "가").

To clarify, this is how I type in Korean:
My default language is English.
Therefore, the first toggle usually says "English" or "En".  (And there is no second toggle in this setting.)
When I want to type in Korea, I press [left alt+shift] so that the first toggle changes to "Korean" or "Ko".
When I do this, the second toggle appears, and it says "A", so I then press [right alt] so that the "가" comes out.
The reason I don't simply keep the default language in Korean and use just the [right alt] to switch between languages is that when I type in English using the "Korean A" setting, the font comes out differently.

As you can see, I can type in Korean here just fine.
안녕하세요~

Based on your last post, I believe your understanding of how it works is quite correct.  So, I'm at a loss as to why you can't type Korean in facebook.  Anyway, another question or two.  Once you log in to facebook and click in a text box, does the language bar remain as it should to type Korean?  Or, does that second toggle want to jump from "가" back to "A"? 

See, that's the strangest part.
I set up everything so that I can type in Korean, so my language bar says "Ko, 가".
I click on a text box on Facebook, and the setting remains the same (it doesn't toggle back to "En" or "A"), so I should be typing in Korean.
But when I type, everything still comes out in English on Facebook and (sometimes and sometimes not) on Google.

Still need help with this, please.
(Just bumping up the topic.)

Frankly, I don't want to spend more time on this because there is not much more I can do to help.  Have you tried doing an Internet search on installing language bar in windodws 7 or similar phrase? 

If I want to type something in Korean on Facebook, I have to go through the process of typing it up on an Open Office document and copy/pasting it into Facebook.

At least, you have a workable procedure and it's not too much of an extra burden, is it? By the way, any particular reason you're using Open Office for this?  WordPad would work fine.

I know that my other friends aren't having a problem typing in Korean on Facebook

Have you discussed this with your friends?  Could you meet with a friend who has the Korean Language Bar installed and see how it's working on their computer?  Perhaps that would shed some light on your problem.

I suspect the absence of further member input is because the pool of suggestions has run dry. However did you ever do this "but may be you should 'contact' Facebook and ask them. "? Detail your issue as you have done here and seek their input.truenorth

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Im beginning to think it is blocked on facebook...

"I know that my other friends aren't having a problem typing in Korean on Facebook." One of O/P's earliest posts in this thread which is why i went with my kinda off the wall suggestion (which too would be not applicable if those "friends" are also in the U.S).truenorth

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I understand he stated that...but i havent seen proof...i don't do facebook and not about to start.

Me either,truenorth

I'm able to type Korean in facebook with no problem.

Sure sounds like a conflict somewhere or some selected/not selected parameter that is altering the process for the O/P. I reiterate that if not done Mulreay's suggestion should be explored for the possibility that facebook has encountered this and can resolve it.
To that end and to hopefully get the access you need:
http://www.marismith.com/how-contact-facebook-directory-of-forms/
http://www.contacthelp.com/directory/Internet/Web+Sites/Facebook?ListingID=324
truenorth

I understand he stated that...but i havent seen proof...i don't do facebook and not about to start.

Sure sounds like a conflict somewhere or some selected/not selected parameter that is altering the process for the O/P. I reiterate that if not done Mulreay's suggestion should be explored for the possibility that facebook has encountered this and can resolve it.
To that end and to hopefully get the access you need:
http://www.marismith.com/how-contact-facebook-directory-of-forms/
http://www.contacthelp.com/directory/Internet/Web+Sites/Facebook?ListingID=324
truenorth

Frankly, I don't want to spend more time on this because there is not much more I can do to help.  Have you tried doing an Internet search on installing language bar in windodws 7 or similar phrase? 
At least, you have a workable procedure and it's not too much of an extra burden, is it? By the way, any particular reason you're using Open Office for this?  WordPad would work fine.
Have you discussed this with your friends?  Could you meet with a friend who has the Korean Language Bar installed and see how it's working on their computer?  Perhaps that would shed some light on your problem.

Of course, you don't have to spend more time on this, neither do you have to go as far as to make a Facebook account just to address this problem.
I'm already grateful for all the help (yes, I've looked up help on the Internet, and this was the best result), and I only bumped up the topic in hopes other people might have other ideas.
As it is now, it looks like I've hit a dead end, so I'll contact Facebook if I have the time.

The workaround is fine, but it's a much slower process (especially if you're trying to chat as opposed to just trying to post), and there's this frustrating factor to the fact that it isn't working as it should, lol.
And well, I've been using Open Office, because I actually wasn't aware I could use Word Pad...  O_o
So I learned something new anyway, thank you.  =)

And there's no need to go to a friend, because the desktop in this house types in Korean on Facebook just fine, and when I compare that to the workings of this laptop, I can't seem to find any difference.


But again, thanks.

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Didn't mean to sound short on the issue...i just think something (probably very minor ) is being overlooked in this as it seems to work fine for others...
Hope you find a quick...easy solution...

you are very welcome sorry that to this point we weren't able to resolve your issue.Good luck,truenorth

Didn't mean to sound short on the issue...i just think something (probably very minor ) is being overlooked in this as it seems to work fine for others...
Hope you find a quick...easy solution...

It's alright, I understand.
Thank you; I certainly hope so as well.
Cheers.

you are very welcome sorry that to this point we weren't able to resolve your issue.Good luck,truenorth

Don't worry about it; looks like my problem was a really unique one.
I contacted Facebook, so hopefully, they'll have something...
Thanks-- this is a lovely community.  ^^