I just had a post eaten. Got an error message, but I didn't copy it because I immediately tried to go back to save my post. Have I mentioned yet that I really dislike the fact that the posting box is erased if you move to another page? This is unlike WX, where if your post crashed, you could go back, and it would still be sitting in the posting box. I don't know if that's possible to implement, but it sure would be handy.
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
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DXMachina - Sep 18, 2002 9:15:39 pm PDT #194 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
John H - Sep 18, 2002 9:35:42 pm PDT #195 of 10000
I really dislike the fact that the posting box is erased if you move to another page?
Test -- it doesn't happen to me, I don't think.
[EDIT]
I posted the above, used the "back" button, and the post was still there in the posting box.
Maybe it's a browser thing?
Elena - Sep 18, 2002 9:47:31 pm PDT #196 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
It doesn't save the post in the posting box for me, either.
John H - Sep 18, 2002 9:50:16 pm PDT #197 of 10000
It doesn't save the post in the posting box for me, either.
Using the "back" button? As opposed to the "Previous" link that is?
DXMachina - Sep 18, 2002 9:58:28 pm PDT #198 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
It's funny. I reentered what I wrote (it was in Sang Sacre, so it was long, too) edited it, and then was able to go back to the edit page and it was still in the posting box.
What I used to be able to do on WX was when I was mearaing, I could copy some text on a page, paste it in the posting box, go back a couple of pages, grab another piece of text, go forward to the posting box, paste the new text, and the original material I pasted would still be there. It seems that on the Phoenix, the Back and Forward buttons act in the same manner as the Previous and Next links do, redrawing the page every time, rather than just moving from one cached page to another. Except for the edit page.
§ ita § - Sep 18, 2002 9:58:54 pm PDT #199 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My posts are saved. That's weird that you guys are experiencing something different.
DXMachina - Sep 18, 2002 9:59:34 pm PDT #200 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Serial:
And I just checked. When I hit the back button, the text box was empty.
§ ita § - Sep 18, 2002 9:59:48 pm PDT #201 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just paged back 15 pages, and all my posts are still there, and still there on the way back here.
Very weird.
John H - Sep 18, 2002 10:00:41 pm PDT #202 of 10000
That's really just a matter of whether the page is cached or not, isn't it -- something that we have no control over.
The only question, for me, is why WX was cached, but not this place.
Elena - Sep 18, 2002 10:00:47 pm PDT #203 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
Yes, when I hit the 'back' button my post is not saved in the posting box.