Gone, gone, gone!

Rick

I had already done that but I had already dropped it in and started making some changes that were longer than I thought.  I sorta forgot I where I was until I hit the back button and poof.............too late.  At least all I had to redo were the changes.  It's kinda retarded isn't it?  That's why I posed the question as I was sure it had been fixed and I missed it. Other posting forums tell you if you try to leave  that "leaving this page could/will result in lost data".   Unforgiving it is.  How's things in FL?  You missed the winter to end all this year!

Peter

A simple workaround

while you are working on a large post, if you hit ctrl+a (select all) and then crtl+c (copy) you'll have a recent copy on the clipboard that you can paste in if you accidentally lose it. Of course, if you copy something else in, you'll need to copy it again right away.

Brilliant Bill strikes again...............

.............now will I remember?  I just zapped another reply with the back button!!!

P

Hey...

For the record, it happens to me pretty often too.  I have no love for the MRH forum interface.
But I do enjoy the content and ideas that are shared here!

Having been there done that

Having been there done that bought the tee shirt I have developed a work around to prevent it but I like Ricks idea better. I open multiple windows so when I am replying to one of the poster on here or looking for a fact I can have all of those things open and can tab through them so I can link , copy , paste what ever and still stay focused. Umm where was I, oh yea it also helps to yell at the computer when this happens. I have found that after venting I am less likely to take things out on other more important things in my life or heaven forbid be short tempered with people in my life.

Rob in Texas

P.S. If your really good at threatening the computer it will quit doing what ever it was that made you mad.

I don't know which is more frustrating...

what this site does (I too have been there, done that) or what another site I occasionally post on does, takes periodic snapshots as you build a post and hangs onto it until you post.  Problem is, sometimes I reflect on what I've written and decide not to go through with it but from there on whenever I go back to that thread it pops up again in the input box (maybe days later) and I can't find a way to get rid of it until I do post something I overwrite.  Haven't tried clearing my browser cache, that might do it...

And once you get past all the posting and image mine fields.....

........you find that a subject that is near and dear to you, on which you spent hours taking pics and videos, wrote, re-wrote and finally posted, actually has no real interest to your fellow forum dwellers! 

Bummer!

I sometimes feel my time would be better spent working on my layout or anything related to the hobby than trying to share things learned, but that won't stop me because even for if only one person learns something from my post it was worth it. 

Kinda like going to an AA meeting.  If you hear just one sentence in the hour that keeps you from a drink today, it was worth it.

Peace,

Peter

Take Heart!

Peter, I would hardly call 320 reads in 18 hours disinterested. Why not turn it into cash? Write an article on your experience using the F-T system.

Cheers!

Where did you get the read stats from?

Is there a way to display how many times a thread has been read?

yes...

look below the post at the top of the page:

Thanks; I saw that but...

couldn't reconcile the numbers.  Finally realized the 320 referred to a different thread!  (smacks head in obvious embarrassment...)

Geez, Bill.......I did not know that..............

................thanks, now what the heck is F-T.  Whoa, ALMOST hit the back button to re-read your post!!!!!!

Peter

F-T = Fast Tracks (or so I assume...)

But then obviously I could be wrong...

MikeM................boy am I blind sometime.....thanks.....

.......perhaps I need to get back on the pabulum and prunes......!!

P

Pictures in posts