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No autosave, just having a whinge

Postby Onestepmore » 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
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Re: No autosave, just having a whinge

Postby eggs » 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 :(
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Re: No autosave, just having a whinge

Postby Onestepmore » 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
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Re: No autosave, just having a whinge

Postby GPSGuided » 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.
Just move it!
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Re: No autosave, just having a whinge

Postby Giddy_up » Fri 01 Nov, 2013 9:52 pm

Same thing here, also drops all the text when I'm trying to load a picture?
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Re: No autosave, just having a whinge

Postby Son of a Beach » 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.
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Re: No autosave, just having a whinge

Postby Mountain Rocket » 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/
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Re: No autosave, just having a whinge

Postby wildwalks » 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 :)
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Re: No autosave, just having a whinge

Postby tasadam » 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.
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Re: No autosave, just having a whinge

Postby Giddy_up » Mon 04 Nov, 2013 9:06 pm

Thanks Matt, keep up the good work.
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Re: No autosave, just having a whinge

Postby Allchin09 » 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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