I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions.

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DXMachina - Oct 05, 2002 8:05:15 am PDT #530 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

The only times I remember having problems posting with WX was when it was being wonky in other ways, as well, but I've always used the remember me feature, so it wouldn't have had to stop to put up the login page. I do know that others lost posts when WX wasn't being wonky. But with WX you could usually go back a page and retrieve the post.

Actually, I'm still more curious as to why the back (and forward) buttons don't work the way they're supposed to. On WX, if you just go back to the cached page. On the Phoenix, it always (except in Opera) treats it as a new page view, which has to have an effect on our bandwidth usage.


Hil R. - Oct 05, 2002 8:25:43 am PDT #531 of 10000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I realize that it may be good practice to compose long posts in a text editor, and then copy them into the posting box, but it's not a very user friendly solution.

What I've been doing, if I'm writing a long post, is copying it to the clipboard before I hit "post," so that if something does get messed up, I've still got it on my computer. Not as annoying as having to open a text editor.


§ ita § - Oct 05, 2002 8:44:47 am PDT #532 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hmm.

Thread headers USED to display on every page, and there was a request to make that stop. So, like WX, that no longer happens. I'm against them being on every page, because it eats serious real estate.

Post delays -- this is interesting -- I've never had a problem. It will log you out after thirty minutes, but if you have "remember me" on, this shouldn't happen.

As for the stuff disappearing from the post box in IE and NN, this seems to be a server issue, not a code one, and it's something I'm currently researching.


brenda m - Oct 05, 2002 1:06:23 pm PDT #533 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I'm against them being on every page, because it eats serious real estate.

This seems a compelling argument to me, since the information is still available by going back to the first page.

I've had that lost post thing as well after leaving for a while and coming back. Hil's solution works for me.


Typo Boy - Oct 05, 2002 1:53:38 pm PDT #534 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Never made demo (see Natter). In terms of expiration, I suspect it tries to post before logging you in.


§ ita § - Oct 05, 2002 1:54:58 pm PDT #535 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I suspect it tries to post before logging you in.

Nope. Must be something else.


Rebecca Lizard - Oct 05, 2002 4:03:32 pm PDT #536 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket

Thread headers USED to display on every page, and there was a request to make that stop. So, like WX, that no longer happens. I'm against them being on every page, because it eats serious real estate.

Wrod with a side of wrod sauce. Please don't.


§ ita § - Oct 05, 2002 7:10:31 pm PDT #537 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've been using the test board to try and duplicate this timeout error, and so far can't.

Can I have more details? Browser version, length of delay between loading the page with the posting box and hitting the post message button? Is "remember me" set?


brenda m - Oct 05, 2002 7:13:22 pm PDT #538 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Mine was on IE, and I was away for about an hour and a half, with 'remember me' set.


§ ita § - Oct 05, 2002 7:14:36 pm PDT #539 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My god. Testing will take weeks!

Maybe if you guys just talked more ...