Posting Annoyance-to the boardsmanager or whatev.

[Ballbarian]

HoneyBadger,
When I anticipate a long post I tend to work it up in notepad and then copy & paste it into the browser. This way if my connection falters or if there is a glitch, I can simply copy & paste again with little time lost.

This is especially useful if you have a heavily formatted topic that you need to edit occasionally. Edit the post and then copy the text with formatting code and links into notepad, make the desired changes then perform a select all, followed by a CNTRL+V to paste in the new text. Now if the submission bombs, you can recover easily.

For relatively short posts I will hit CNTRL+A (select all), and then CNTRL+C (copy) before submitting. If the post fails, all you need is CNTRL+V (paste) your work from the clipboard and continue.

Hope this helps to save you some headaches in the future.

(I spent several years struggling with dial-up and the corresponding connection time outs and learned not to trust my work with it. )

[HoneyBadger]

It's a good idea, Ballbarian, but the way I write is fairly immediate, fairly manic, and there's very little anticipation involved. If I thought ahead to copypaste something, I wouldn't have these problems. I'm not asking that the forum software function as my personal secretary, or anything like that-if I lose something, it's my fault, or atleast my reality-but it would be nice if there were a little bit more leeway, as in "desk to trashcan to furnace", instead of just "desk to furnace" at the click of a button. For one thing, I've got a cat, and he can click buttons too

Thanks for replying back Mindy, I'm glad to hear the new software's in the works.