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05/28/2008 05:34:49 PM · #1 |
| For the love of Pete, please reconsider refreshing forum post pages to their default state when paging back and forth in the browser's history. It's so easy to lose a well thought-out post by accidently hitting an arrow key here, an enter button there. :-( |
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05/28/2008 05:37:38 PM · #2 |
Ugh, I am sorry Louis *hugs*, I can only imagine why you are making this suggestion.
I second his request if it is possible!
This varies from website to website, I've gotten in the habit of typing my posts in notepad then copy pasting them, and keeping a copy until I know it has posted correctly, just in case the server doesn't respond, etc.
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05/28/2008 06:15:47 PM · #3 |
| FWIW, this behavior is to an extent browser-dependent... in Firefox for instance, you do not lose your typed text if you hit "Back" and then "Forward." |
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05/28/2008 06:23:29 PM · #4 |
| Don't shift the blame, I know Manic broke it! err, I mean, I see. I thought it might be something like that. |
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05/28/2008 06:24:07 PM · #5 |
| LOL - Pete's not the only one this has happened to. For me it's probably a good thing - I probably only hit the post button on 60% of the messages I type up - most are intentionally abandoned. Kirbic is right though - it's not a website controllable thing (not easily anyway) - use Firefox. |
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05/28/2008 06:57:10 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by togtog:
I've gotten in the habit of typing my posts in notepad then copy pasting them, and keeping a copy until I know it has posted correctly, just in case the server doesn't respond, etc. |
I do the same thing if I'm typing a long post, but with MS Word instead. My spelling is far worse than my posts betray. ;) |
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05/28/2008 07:12:18 PM · #7 |
Hehe well to be completely honest I tend to use UltraEdit32 which has crash protection. However everyone has notepad so I suggested using that.
Originally posted by JMart:
Originally posted by togtog:
I've gotten in the habit of typing my posts in notepad then copy pasting them, and keeping a copy until I know it has posted correctly, just in case the server doesn't respond, etc. |
I do the same thing if I'm typing a long post, but with MS Word instead. My spelling is far worse than my posts betray. ;) |
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05/28/2008 08:45:01 PM · #8 |
| Yeah I know it could be browser-dependant. It's just that IE is so freaking unpredictable when it comes to this particular issue. I was hoping it was an issue easily resolved. Damn it, I'm going to track this thing down and find out WHY it happens sometimes, happens not sometimes. (Or something.) |
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05/28/2008 08:46:45 PM · #9 |
For once I wholeheartedly agree with Louis. I HATE it when that happens.
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05/28/2008 09:24:37 PM · #10 |
Yes, 'firefox' does it, but not 'outlook express', write or email 'outlook express', and suggest that they fixed this problem, as it can be done as 'firedox' has this, and I for one LOVE it..... I also love 'firefox', for showing me my spelling mistakes as well.....
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05/28/2008 10:02:25 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by sherpet:
...I also love 'firefox', for showing me my spelling mistakes as well..... |
Big ditto to that! |
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05/28/2008 10:31:10 PM · #12 |
Yes I get reminded a lot, but not so much now since I had my eye surgery.....
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by sherpet:
...I also love 'firefox', for showing me my spelling mistakes as well..... |
Big ditto to that! |
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05/28/2008 10:31:37 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
FWIW, this behavior is to an extent browser-dependent... in Firefox for instance, you do not lose your typed text if you hit "Back" and then "Forward." |
To an extent. I post to other forums (sorry) with this same browser, and when going Back and Forward, these sites are far more forgiving, as text is retained in the textarea.
Still, if I'm considering a longer post, I usually compose in a text editor and then cut and paste. That way too, I can run splel ckech.
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05/28/2008 10:42:52 PM · #14 |
I just fumble my way along until it either gets posted or disappears. Fwd and Back buttons seem to work all right for me with Safari, Mac. If I am going to type out a very long post, I will highlight and hold it in copy after every 5 or 6 lines, then I at least have most of it if I goof up, and can paste it in a new post to finish it.
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05/28/2008 10:51:30 PM · #15 |
| If you are not handwriting a rough draft, then typing it into a text editor, spell-checking, referencing Wikipedia for factual accuracy and then pasting it in with relevant photos and links, well then you're basically just "phoning it in" anyway. Pffft. No dedication to the craft anymore. |
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05/28/2008 11:08:00 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
If you are not handwriting a rough draft, then typing it into a text editor, spell-checking, referencing Wikipedia for factual accuracy and then pasting it in with relevant photos and links, well then you're basically just "phoning it in" anyway. Pffft. No dedication to the craft anymore. |
Wikipedia??!! Don't you mean a REAL, made-outta-paper encyclopedia?
Sheesh, these youngun's and their newfangled shortcuts... |
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05/28/2008 11:11:30 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
FWIW, this behavior is to an extent browser-dependent... in Firefox for instance, you do not lose your typed text if you hit "Back" and then "Forward." |
Most of the time in IE, this is the case as well. Unless the server thinks the page "expired".
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05/29/2008 12:32:02 PM · #18 |
If this is an IE problem, it's not consistent. For example, this form retains the data you enter when paging back and forth between the page and some other page in your browser history. If others using Internet Explorer could check to see if they get the same results, I'd appreciate it.
So far, the only thing I've been able to come up with is that IE's caching mechanism is broken. Maybe. |
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05/29/2008 01:09:08 PM · #19 |
I get around this IE problem by Ctrl-N for a new browser to page back & forth in, whilst preserving my wisdom-filled post in the other broswer.
If I'm feeling ambitious & tidy, I open a new window in the same browser.
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