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At least, I'm pretty sure it's an upgrade.
I was typing out a long post, then accidentally did that hideous brush across the screen - taking me to community guidelines or something. I cursed....hit the back button....and discovered all my old post, still sitting there half-typed.
Whoever fixed that deserves a whopping hug, handshake or hearty congratulations (whichever they prefer). I can't count the number of times I've accidentally navigated away from a page and then had to retype some long, rambling post.
Little things like this are hard to remember as features but really make a huge difference. Thanks to all concerned. :)
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Orthos has mentioned previously here on the boards that there is a browser extension/add-on that does this too. {searches} It's Lazarus, available for pre-Quantum versions of Firefox.
Edit: Google also suggests Form History Control and Typio.
FWIW, I type up long posts in Textpad first, then drop into the post field/box. Then if the site times out or my wifi drops unexpectedly, I still have the post text.
I typically do that for about a week after I lose one. Then get slack.
If what happened to me yesterday is the new norm though, the tech team might be saving me from my own laziness. :)
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That sounds more like a change in the default action of your browser. Did you get updated recently?
Not that I know of (but I wouldn’t really expect to know).
That sounds more like a change in the default action of your browser. Did you get updated recently?
Hmm, maybe this is a browser thing too. What do you think?
I used to be able to check who’d favourited a post, then hit back and I’d return to the post I’d checked. Now following the favourite link and hitting back takes me to the top of the page.
Never mind. I posted a feature request, but then worked out the really obvious way to solve this myself, irrespective of browser. :/
I accidentally found out the hard way last night that the latest version of Firefox DOESN'T do this with Messageboards posts. Never tried an extension like Lazarus, though.
I previous used Lazarus, but that functionality apparently went away in the latest version of Firefox.
Unfortunately, my experiments don't indicate it's happening automatically with Firefox in the new fora. I'll continue to ctrl-c regularly as I post...