T9 text entry in Opera..

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Posting in Diamond because that's the phone I own.
When trying to enter text into text boxes in Opera, if I use T9 and tap on the word to enter it, it takes me out of the text box and immediately begins "sending" the information I've entered. Specifically on FACEBOOK, when trying to update my status, I get two or three words entered then the page begins loading as if I'm finished.. Anyone else have this problem with text entry? It happens in any field when I use T9...... I would love to just switch over to qwerty (keyboard is entirely too small) or abc (takes entirely too long) but I prefer t9. What gives?