Moderators or higher up....

[wdmagic]

I was just wondering, would it be hard to have it check the typed area for text before clearing it and notify user that this will erase the data?

Something like
Click on REPLY TO THREAD and if there is text in field...
"Are you sure you want to create a new reply, any changes will be lost"

also, if your sitting on the page after you have already clicked to reply, a little popup on the right pops up every minute or so and says "Auto-Saved" is there a way to access this? where is it saving this, and what is the save purpose if we cant access it?

[mackrackit]

This forum is provided to us for free. But people complain because they are not able to click on the correct button. What a bunch!

[Charlie]

This forum is provided to us for free. But people complain because they are not able to click on the correct button. What a bunch!

I don't think anybody is complaining.

And to be clear, the Forum exists to promote the use of PBP, plain and simple, and nothing more. Any usability improvement furthers that goal, and is good for business.
This isn't a big deal for anybody - just a minor annoyance that is being pointed out. Clearly it impacts more than one person, including moderators. You should be thanking people for pointing these things out, not berating them for doing so.

Use a separate text editor? Now who's being silly?

[Demon]

Autosave worked perfect just now.

I had typed something several minutes ago, closed cell phone and did a few chores, came back to this thread, clicked REPLY TO THREAD again, clicked RESTORE and tadaa!

The text I typed earlier came back.

Autosave works perfectly, there is no need to modify the forum code.

Robert

[Heckler]

Am I blind???

Where is "Restore"?

[Demon]

Click REPLY TO THREAD, RESTORE AUTO-SAVED CONTENT is in border of box at bottom left if you have some saved text.

Type a reply, wait a bit, but don't post. Exit thread, come back in, reply, RESTORE should be enabled.

Robert

[Demon]

... if your sitting on the page after you have already clicked to reply, a little popup on the right pops up every minute or so and says "Auto-Saved" is there a way to access this? where is it saving this, and what is the save purpose if we cant access it?

Very true, I never looked to use this feature.

Robert

Edit: just noticed RESTORE CONTENT at bottom left of box.