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New/Awesome: Automatic Post Recovery



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Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:42 pm
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Nate says...



Have you ever written up a long review only to hit submit and be told 'You are not logged in'? Then when you go back, your entire review is gone?

Or have you ever written up a poem or story in the textbox (something you should never do by the way), then suffered a browser crash and lost the entire thing? Or have you ever written a post, only to lose power mid-way and thus your entire post as well?

Well... YWS now has automatic post recovery: a revolutionary new technology that saves your post as you type regardless of whether or not YWS has accidentally logged you out, your browser crashes, or you have lost power.

How does it work? It's magic and you don't need to do a single thing. As you type your post, our patented marauding monkeys with the power of atomic energy save your post. Then if for some reason your browser crashes (or something else horrible), then just go back to the posting form where you were typing your post. It'll show up as if you never skipped a beat.

Go ahead, try it! Start typing in the quick reply box below, then without submitting, go somewhere else on the site. Or even off-site. Or even shut off your browser and/or computer. Then later on (minutes, days, years), come back to that same quick reply form that you were typing in. As if by magic, your post will still be there waiting for you to finish up. Cool, no? This works for new topics, and for the "post reply" page as well. Go ahead, test!


A few caveats:
1. It only saves the message. Not the title, description, attachments, or rating.
2. This only works with topics and posts. It does not work with private messages. Although if there is demand for that, it can be extended to include PMs.
3. The marauding monkeys are being treated humanely. Please ignore their class action lawsuit against me in regards to radiation poisoning.
  





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Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:52 pm
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LookUpThere says...



Nate you monster this is totally awesome. Yay for monkeys and yay for atomic energy!
  





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Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:54 pm
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canislupis says...



It's magic and you don't need to do a single thing


Ooooh... Magic.

And yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Just yesterday I lost a 1,000 word review. Nothing is more depressing.

So excited right now....
  





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Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:04 pm
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Demeter says...



YES
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:11 pm
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Button says...



Yesterday, I lost like a 5000 character review. Never. Again.


You're my favorite.
  





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Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:38 pm
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Rydia says...



This is very, very awesome!
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:44 pm
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Nate says...



Egads; hopefully there won't be as many lost reviews anymore!

For those interested in the technical details, the way this works is actually incredibly simple. All that's going on is every time you press down on a key, a request is sent to a javascript function that then saves your post to a text file. The text file is destroyed as soon as you submit the post, but otherwise it stays put. The text file in turn is given a name that identifies who wrote it and where it belongs. That way, no calls to the database are ever made and the entire thing is very lightweight.
  





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Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:07 pm
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BondGirl007 says...



I'm posting a reply

loljk I just hit backspace and lost it

loljk Nate's awesome and amazing so I can't

Boo yah.
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:20 pm
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Lumi says...



This really works?

Oh man, it works.

This is too awesome, Nater.
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:41 pm
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LadySpark says...



O.O
not even Pat Buchanan could have done better....

Awesome job Nate,
As always!

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Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:11 pm
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Meshugenah says...



This is what happens at 3am (well, his time) when Nate should be sleeping or studying or one of those other studious and serious sounding "s" words. What does he do instead? He plays with YWS - and I get to join in on the fun! - and this is what happens.

Oh, Nate. I applaud your industrious nature, and implore you to get back to your studying. Pronto!

(and hot dang, it really does work! *dies of happy*)
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:18 pm
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AquaMarine says...



You've now robbed me of the excuse: 'I typed up a huge long review but then lost it and can't quite remember what I was going to say ...'

(Oh, how awesome :) )
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:20 pm
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Firearris says...



Bam, shazam.

Ohhey, it really does work. Yay!
[Griffinkeeper] 10:45 pm: The guard appears "We have weasels now!"
[Firearris] 10:45 pm: askes the guard for the weasel!
[Griffinkeeper] 10:45 pm: The guard gives Firearris the Weasel.
[Firearris] 10:46 pm: aquires the weasel and renames it "Cat"

Take that, Lumi.
  





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Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:18 pm
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Destiny110 says...



If this doesn't work I'm starting a monkey Rebellion against Nate...

OMG it worked! *high fives nate* now if only you could make something that will stop you from submitting a post more than once by accident i needed this a few days ago, i had lost a post!

Great job Nate!

~destiny110
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Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:01 am
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Lauren2010 says...



Those dastardly monkeys and their lawsuits-whoops accidentally hit the back browser button

Gee wiz It works! :D
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