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Timeout?
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 4:42 am
by JPinoy
Timeout?
I was editing a post... it took me probably over 30mins to edit. Then when I hit submit... guess what. It was GONE because the forum decided I was being "idle" and no, when I hit "back" it wouldn't let me return to the Edit Post.
So there goes my nearly 40mins of work. THANK YOU!
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:04 am
by castlebuilder100
I've had this happen before. It's really annoying.
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:41 am
by Heir of Black Falcon
I think it is an auto feature on most forums of this type. Has happened to me on almost every forum I have ever used, including ones for my school or work. I almost always copy and paste my messages now to avoid this if they are long. Sorry to hear it happened to you.
R
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 11:13 am
by Sir Kohran
It was GONE because the forum decided I was being "idle" and no, when I hit "back" it wouldn't let me return to the Edit Post.
I haven't had that happen to me, but I have lost posts before in a similar way and it is really irritating.
Like Heir says, the best thing to do is always copy once you've finished it, before clicking on anything else.
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 3:31 pm
by Lamanda2
Strange. I have had this happen elsewere (On MCN, pretty much every time I would make a post), and it can be incredibly annoying, so I started a habbit of copying my posts there before submitting them.
Now here, when my internet junks out of whatever when I submit a post (No timeouts, yet), I have always been able to hit "Back" and still have my post there. I think I've been pretty lucky with it here, so far at least.
Even so, I tend to copy any large posts I make, just in case.
~Amanda
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 4:15 pm
by kelderic
On long posts, I always copy to MS Word. There is the security, plus the added bonus of
spell check.
Kelderic
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 3:16 pm
by Dr. J
kelderic wrote:On long posts, I always copy to MS Word. There is the security, plus the added bonus of
spell check.
Kelderic
The latest version of Firefox has a built-in spell check. Like for instance, your name has a little red line underneath it right now.
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:35 pm
by pacman110011
I also copy and paste any long reply to make sure that it is saved, and the latest Internet Explorer also has spell check.
-Devin
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 10:49 pm
by kelderic
Dr. J wrote:for instance, your name has a little red line underneath it right now.
See, that's why there is the "add" function.
pacman110011 wrote: and the latest Internet Explorer also has spell check.
Really? I have IE 7, and I don't have a spell check. Is it a setting that must be checked?
Kelderic
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:05 am
by wobnam
I could be wrong, but I don't think native IE7 has a spell-checker.
There are, however, several spell-checker add-ons for it.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:17 am
by Formendacil
Dr. J wrote:The latest version of Firefox has a built-in spell check. Like for instance, your name has a little red line underneath it right now.
I'm not computer-geeky enough to speak with authority on the subject, but my own experience is that using Firefox will also solve the time-out issue. At least, I know that while I would time out on forum posting back when I only had IE, I've never had that problem since using Firefox.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 4:41 am
by castlebuilder100
How do you get fire fox?
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 5:14 am
by Heir of Black Falcon
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 1:49 pm
by wobnam
Formendacil wrote:my own experience is that using Firefox will also solve the time-out issue.
I assume most timeouts are simply caused by the user being idle on the forum for longer than the server-set timeout period. This shouldn't be affected by what browser you are using.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:37 pm
by pacman110011
Kelderic wrote:
pacman110011 wrote: and the latest Internet Explorer also has spell check.
Really? I have IE 7, and I don't have a spell check. Is it a setting that must be checked?
By the latest Internet Explorer, I meant IE7 Pro.
-Devin