Thank you but I think you missed the point. I don’t want to type any HTML or other code and I shouldn’t be expected to in this modern era of the Internet and forums in general.
If you go to any other forum there will be an editing software built right in to click on the various functions like to make text bigger or smaller, to italicize words or make them bold, or insert an image (most of them will even host the image), etc. etc. No coding necessary because 99.999999999999% of the people who use these forums have no interest in doing all that extra typing or even learning how to code nor should they be expected to.
Suck it up, buttercup.
...even learning how to code nor should they be expected to.
The cream rises to the top and you have an extra skill in life.
Whatever you were using before your computer upgrade should still work, if you are using the same OS and software.
What were you using before? Perhaps, giving names of the software you used before the upgrade would help.
If your software/browser was upgraded, that could be part of the problem, as old Firefox extensions/add-ons do not always work with later releases of Firefox. I know, because I have lost several extensions/add-ons due to Firefox’s rapid release.
Odds are editing tools are low on the list of upgrades for the site since it's been operating so long without them and there doesn't seem to be a great demand for them.
I'm talking as a former programmer, so I don't know what people would prefer these days. Even on my blogger account, I'm more likely to type < I > than I am to take my hands off the keyboard, grab the mouse and click the icon that adds it for me.
Granted, I could see your point when it comes to using a personal device because the < and > keys are so well-hidden that I often just leave them out.