Why does it happen sometimes that I prepare a long response/post and then, suddenly, everything that I wrote is lost. There's no way to go back to get it.
Presumably, I clicked the wrong button/moved the mouse.
Is this a Windows issue? Something specific to this forum? Am I the only person who suffers this?
I lost my long Response!
Started by August1991, Jun 08 2012 09:38 PM
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 09:38 PM
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 10:28 PM
No, shit happens to everyone.Am I the only person who suffers this?
I've used another program like notepad and cut/paste the finished product if it's a long one or involves cuts and pastes of quotes and inserting links and what have you. Having a bunch of tabs and windows on the go can make it easier to cock things up too.
Edited by eyeball, 08 June 2012 - 10:29 PM.
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Posted 09 June 2012 - 07:32 AM
Try hitting 'back' when this happens.
Other than that, if you are composing a long piece, try hitting CTRL-A to highlight everything then CTRL-C to save it in your buffer. If you lose it, you can go back to write a new blank post, then hit CTRL-V and it will be there.
Other than that, if you are composing a long piece, try hitting CTRL-A to highlight everything then CTRL-C to save it in your buffer. If you lose it, you can go back to write a new blank post, then hit CTRL-V and it will be there.
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Posted 10 June 2012 - 01:50 PM
Use notepad if you are doing long posts and dont want to lose it. Hitting the back button somehow usually wipes the content of the new post. It's happened to me many times.
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Posted 10 June 2012 - 04:23 PM
I would suggest writing shorter posts.
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Posted 10 June 2012 - 09:18 PM
I've learned to do this after losing 1 too many posts.Try hitting 'back' when this happens.
Other than that, if you are composing a long piece, try hitting CTRL-A to highlight everything then CTRL-C to save it in your buffer. If you lose it, you can go back to write a new blank post, then hit CTRL-V and it will be there.
I don't even bother opening up notepad unless it seems to be taking forever to post; so that I can paste it into notepad while I figure out what's happened (many times I've lost my connection)
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 04:15 AM
Why does it happen sometimes that I prepare a long response/post and then, suddenly, everything that I wrote is lost. There's no way to go back to get it.
Presumably, I clicked the wrong button/moved the mouse.
Is this a Windows issue? Something specific to this forum? Am I the only person who suffers this?
Was it a movie review? This is an internet forum you know....
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