Anti-Stupid Post Protection

[AzureWolf]

[font=Book Antiqua][color=blue]There have been far too many times where I do something stupid while writing a post. I wouldn't be surprised if something happened during my writing of this one.[/color][/font]
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[font=Book Antiqua][color=#0000ff]I'm sure many people have experienced writing a nice, well-thought out, [b]long[/b] post, only to accidentally press back on their browser or hit one of the many possible links, removing up to ten minutes' worth of writing. Doing this over time really adds up, and becomes frustrating.[/color][/font]
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[font=Book Antiqua][color=#0000ff]I'm wondering if it'd be possible to implement something to stop links from working and/or prevent one's browser from going to another site accidentally. Maybe , if that's not possible, at least some type of confirmation (i.e., popup comes up and asks "Are you sure you do not want to submit your post?" with two options, and the choice that corresponds to "cancel" would stop your browser)?[/color][/font]

[DDG]

[size=1]I definitely think that's a good idea. I don't know how many times I've lost an awesome post because I've accidentally went to another site or something. Its really horrible to lose a post that you've spent about an hour typing and put so much detail into only to have it lost because your browser went to another website.

I'm sure there's got to be [i]some[/i] way to prevent that from happening.

[b][color=indigo]-Ouka[/color][/b][/size]

[Hevn]

[COLOR=RoyalBlue][SIZE=1][B]I'm not sure but you could be talking about cache control or something in that sense. It's like when you're writing a post and accidentally clicked on a link, you still want the information to be there when you click the back or forward button again.

This thing works for me on this site and I have no trouble losing posts (except maybe when IE is being an ***). Anyway, I don't think stopping links from working is possible. And I'm not sure if the pop up thingy will work on the back/forward button. Maybe its a browser issue? Hmm.. I doubt that somehow. Let's see what Justin have to say about this since I'm particulary interested on how this can be done. ^_^x[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Solo Tremaine]

[COLOR=#503F86]I think the problem is with the having to click to 'Quick-Reply' as opposed to already having the test box open- otherwise, if I'd be typing a post, then click Back, then Forward, the text'd still be there thanks to cookies. If you have to click again to re-open the box, then the text would be gone.

I'm not technical, but that's what I'd assume it would be.

But from a Moderating point of view I often have to go backwards and forwards between pages before completely submitting a reply anyway. If I always had to click 'Are you sure you do not want to submit this post?', I'm sure I'd make even more mistakes and just lose more time as a result. But it is annoying to lose something you've worked hard on for a long time. To try and minimise it, I have one window open for typing posts and another for browsing.[/COLOR]

[Dagger]

If you know a certain post is bound to be lengthy, just type it up in Notepad. It helps keep things simple. :)

~Dagger~

[Semjaza]

[QUOTE=Dagger IX1]If you know a certain post is bound to be lengthy, just type it up in Notepad. It helps keep things simple. :)

~Dagger~[/QUOTE]

Yeah. That's all that should be done.

I've used OB on several browers, and every one of them has let me come back to find my post unscathed if I go back in my browser. I just click the forward button and there it is.

[AzureWolf]

[font=Book Antiqua][size=2][color=blue]Bleh, Dagger, that's too logical a solution for me. Plus, I'm lazy. :p I'm just kidding, and while it is a great idea, it makes all these functions in this WYSI-whatever editor useless.[/color][/size][/font]

[font=Book Antiqua][size=2][color=#0000ff]Which brings me to another question: to those who can go back and forth and not lose their posts, what "message editor interface" (in options) do you use? My posts used to remain before OBv7, but not anymore. I use the Enhanced Interface one, which I like since it works just like MSWord (ctrl+I for italics, ctrl+B for bold!), but I'm not too dumb to switch to another one if it means retaining posts.[/color][/size][/font]

[DDG]

[size=1]Hey, that reminds me...

I only used to lose posts when I used the WYSIWYG editor. Now I've switched to the standard textbox and I don't think I've lost a single post.

So, maybe that's the problem. Of course, that's not the main reason I switched from the WYSIWYG editor to the standard one, but I did just notice that WYSIWYG editor did cause a lot of problems for me when I was typing up posts. (spacing issues, losing posts when I accidentally hit a link and then hit back and they had disappeared, etc).

Maybe you should switch back to one of the other editors then, Azure. 'Cause I really haven't had any problems since I switched and I know I used to have a bunch.

[color=indigo][b]-Ouka[/b][/color][/size]

[Dead Alice]

Why not just do what I do: highlight and copy your post to the clipboard so you can re-post it if gets lost. It's very convenient.

[jblessing]

[quote name='xXchaosfaerieXx']Why not just do what I do: highlight and copy your post to the clipboard so you can re-post it if gets lost. It's very convenient.[/quote]
Exactly.

Learn the keyboard shortcuts, makes it very easy. 'CTRL + A' then 'CTRL + C'

Would take you less than a second to do that, and all you have to do is 'CTRL + V' to put it back if it happens to get lost.

[James]

[QUOTE=AzureWolf][font=Book Antiqua][size=2][color=blue]Bleh it makes all these functions in this WYSI-whatever editor useless.[/color][/size][/font]

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[color=#707875]o_O

The WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) editor is there for people who don't want to use vB tags. But if you accidentally click another link on the page and leave the post...that has no relationship to the WYSIWYG post editor. I mean, it doesn't make it any less useful. lol

I think that all of these suggestions are fine. For really really long posts, I tend to use Notepad (pretty much only in RPGs), but Ctrl+C is also a great (and quick) way to back up any work that you're doing.[/color]

[Baron Samedi]

[size=1]I rarely have problems with that, but it is annoying. Mostly the text that you wrote isn't there when you go back. Say, I accidentally pressed a button that took me back. Or accidentally clicked a link. When I press back to come back to this page...it isn't there anymore. That cache control hev'n mentioned sounds like the right thing.

Mostly I don't have any problems with it though. Just be careful when you're typing that you don't press anything you shouldn't. I don't see that clicking anything is a problem though. I mean the hand-eye co-ordination for a mouse isn't exactly difficult, is it?

Oh, and James? I think Azure was referring to Dagger's idea to type it up in Notepad. But anyway, once you've copied it into the WYSIWYG editor, you highlight and change stuff. Very easy, still.[/size]

[Semjaza]

There is a "cache", that's what I think people aren't understanding. The WYSIWYG editor, as far as I know, is ran in Java or some such nonsense (I'm just guessing, but I'm sure everyone has noticed it takes longer to load than the other two), and that's likely why it doesn't remembr what you do when you come back.

If you don't use it, if you go back or past this page and come back, the text will still be there. I've tested this in IE, Firefox and a couple alternatives. I've done this literally dozens of times in the past and I know for a fact it works in the other two post box types.

[James]

[QUOTE=Baron Samedi][size=1]
Oh, and James? I think Azure was referring to Dagger's idea to type it up in Notepad. But anyway, once you've copied it into the WYSIWYG editor, you highlight and change stuff. Very easy, still.[/size][/QUOTE]

[color=#707875]I know what Azure is referring to. lol

I'm simply saying that the inability to cache information in the WYSIWYG editor doesn't defeat its purpose, is all. Unfortunately, no matter what we do (whether information is cached or not), some people will still occasionally have this problem.

All you can do is be careful that you don't click off the page while you're writing a post, or that you copy your post as you write it, or that you write it in Notepad first. There's very little we can do on our end to actually change that.[/color]

[Baron Samedi]

[size=1]Rather amazingly, today I was typing a post, and when I went to click [Post Quick Reply] it took ages...and then led me to a page which amounted to saying "The database is screwing up."

After a lot of mucking around [Back, forward, off site etc.] I came back to the thread. And my text was still in there, but it was greyed out and when I clicked on quick-reply it disappeared on me. Fortunately, I had the text saved by Ctrl+C, but that was odd. Considering the subject at hand, heh.[/size]