This is such a minor issue yet SO annoying! 
After being upgraded to Gingerbread last night (v2.3.6), I am having issues (1 so far) with a Handcent (v3.9.9.1) feature. Before the upgrade, I could double tap a word that I wanted to delete (while typing a message) and it would highlight it and I could just hit the backspace and the word would be gone. Now when I try to do that, the cursor just appears in the place that I tapped but no more highlighting or easy deleting. It is strange to me that an OS upgrade would change this small feature within a 3rd party program but I am doubting it is a coincidence. I am not sure if anyone else is experiencing this or if I should just email the developer of Handcent. Either way, just thought I would throw this out to the experts and see if I was the only one. Thanks in advance!
After being upgraded to Gingerbread last night (v2.3.6), I am having issues (1 so far) with a Handcent (v3.9.9.1) feature. Before the upgrade, I could double tap a word that I wanted to delete (while typing a message) and it would highlight it and I could just hit the backspace and the word would be gone. Now when I try to do that, the cursor just appears in the place that I tapped but no more highlighting or easy deleting. It is strange to me that an OS upgrade would change this small feature within a 3rd party program but I am doubting it is a coincidence. I am not sure if anyone else is experiencing this or if I should just email the developer of Handcent. Either way, just thought I would throw this out to the experts and see if I was the only one. Thanks in advance!