I don't know what happen but it doesn't let me reply to any message using that browser which sucks cause now I gotta use IE. The field where you type your messages doesn't highlite to where you can type anything.
I use Mozilla...Had the Identical problem you are having until the mods told me to do something...now it works great....Wish I could remember what it was...very slight change...May you can find it on the Edit portion or simply email one of the mods if they don't see your post....It's really VERY simple
The change with the smileys not working happened before the latest Mozilla update. I just right click and click "view in IE" and post that way for now.