Maybe you're just jokin, but no.click on the floppy and hit 'delete draft'
but it doesn't matter, anything you type in those boxes gets saved somewhere out there
It does it. Maybe you didn't wait long enough? Or you're running some kind of script blocker?I don't think I've seen this before. As I test I typed something in the reply box below for this thread, then clicked the "Off Topic" link at the bottom of the page to get back to the main screen (or use Back in the browser) and clicked a different thread. Reply box is blank. Maybe some extension/add-on for your browser is doing it? I dunno.
Maybe you're just jokin, but no.
yeah it's a stretch to say everything in every box you enter and is saved, compiled, analyzed, and sold but it does sometimes happenMaybe you're just jokin, but no.
Tried that it doesn't work.
This has annoyed me ever since we switched to these new forums. Usually I try to come up with something to say even if I have abandoned my first reply. It is so annoying to come back to a thread with some old text from a week ago (or longer) pre-typed.
But, at least for me, it is only saved in the same thread. Going to a new thread does not retain the old unwanted reply.
click on the floppy and hit 'delete draft'
but it doesn't matter, anything you type in those boxes gets saved somewhere out there
I don't think I've seen this before. As I test I typed something in the reply box below for this thread, then clicked the "Off Topic" link at the bottom of the page to get back to the main screen (or use Back in the browser) and clicked a different thread. Reply box is blank. Maybe some extension/add-on for your browser is doing it? I dunno.
Maybe you're just jokin, but no.
I did a bit of testing. It seems to autosave about once per minute. So, if you have started to write something and you reached the autosave point, then whenever you come back you will have your autosaved reply. That is a great feature if implemented well, see Sandorski's comment above.
The problem is that when you delete the reply, you are usually done with the thread. To actually save the delete, you have to delete your text, wait about a minute, then leave the thread. That way it autosaves with a blank reply. But who really wants to wait a minute twiddling your thumbs after aborting a reply? Thus the old autosaved ghost text stays around forever until you make another reply.
Huh, naw it don't work for me. I typed something, waited up to 10 seconds, hit Back, then reentered thread... nothing. It's probably some script blocking on my end. I have uBlock Origin, which I shut off for this test, so it's probably something else. I only have a few add-ons and none of them are script blocking but who knows. I have Firefox v57.0.4.It saves the response within the same thread. If you go to a different thread, the reply box will be blank.
I don't think auto-save happens every 10 seconds. It's more like every minute or two.Huh, naw it don't work for me. I typed something, waited up to 10 seconds, hit Back, then reentered thread... nothing. It's probably some script blocking on my end. I have uBlock Origin, which I shut off for this test, so it's probably something else. I only have a few add-ons and none of them are script blocking but who knows. I have Firefox v57.0.4.