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Fri 01 Nov, 2013 4:24 pm
I'm pissed off just now, as I spent some time writing a track report, then as I pressed to have it submitted, it completely disappeared.
The screen jumped to the login page ( I have my setting to auto login when i visit the site, so I don't why it asked me to do this) and then it was nowhere to be found, back one page did nothing. I can't find it on history etc
Does anyone know how to retrieve the piece I wrote?
I guess I have learned the hard way that there is no auto save.......
I need a hug
Or maybe it's time go pour a glass of wine
Fri 01 Nov, 2013 4:52 pm
For a long trip report including photos - I write it out in a text editor and then cut and paste.
Comes from harsh experience
Fri 01 Nov, 2013 5:08 pm
Makes me feel slightly better that I'm not the only one
Now I have to muster up the enthusiasm to write it all again
Fri 01 Nov, 2013 5:55 pm
Have a glass of Bordeaux red!
One thing that's worth doing during the write up is to regularly select-all and copy. No need to do it in a text editor. This way the OS will maintain a copy for you in its active memory. Of course, you'll still lose it if there's a system crash.
Fri 01 Nov, 2013 9:52 pm
Same thing here, also drops all the text when I'm trying to load a picture?
Sat 02 Nov, 2013 6:46 am
Also worth noting that the back button can retrieve what you wrote in some browsers but not in others.
Sun 03 Nov, 2013 11:59 am
I use this addon now after running into the same problem on various sites across the web.
http://getlazarus.com/
Mon 04 Nov, 2013 8:00 pm
I feel the pain. I am in the habit of copying all before submitting. The back button has saved me a few times as well.
I will add a cool auto save feature to the wish list - but honestly it will be a fair way down the list at this stage sorry.
Thanks for sharing the pain.
Matt
Mon 04 Nov, 2013 8:04 pm
Son of a Beach wrote:Also worth noting that the back button can retrieve what you wrote in some browsers but not in others.
I have successfully used the "back" button on more than one occasion to recover information.
I am now in the habit of Control A Control C (Select all, copy to clipboard) before posting when I have done more than a little typing.
Mon 04 Nov, 2013 9:06 pm
Thanks Matt, keep up the good work.
Tue 28 Jan, 2014 9:57 am
Robert H wrote:I use this addon now after running into the same problem on various sites across the web.
http://getlazarus.com/
Thanks for the link Robert, works a treat!
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