I've tried a few Firefox browser extensions which purport to "never lose your form text", but I find they just don't save frequently enough for my taste. I would love to know an extension that does this properly!
Edward Excerpts from Ryan Yates's message of 2015-04-24 15:15:37 +0100: > My very pessimistic rule of thumb is don't trust a form field unless the > site actively saves a draft as you type. > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Eric Crockett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > My Firefox also has this issue. So it seems the problem is the browser > > itself. How can this be fixed on the server side? > > > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Edward Z. Yang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Whatever the case, it affects me, it affects SPJ, so we ought to fix it! > >> (Change your browser is not a good answer :) > >> > >> Edward > >> > >> Excerpts from Eric Crockett's message of 2015-04-24 15:02:35 +0100: > >> > On the contrary, I did precisely that just a few days ago ( > >> > https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10338), and to my surprise, > >> trac > >> > *did* save my new ticket text. Perhaps this is a browser-specific issue? > >> > I'm using 64-bit Chrome 42.0.2311.90. > >> > > >> > On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Edward Z. Yang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > Steps to reproduce: > >> > > > >> > > 1. Click "New Ticket" > >> > > 2. Type some text into the box > >> > > 3. Press "Back" in your browser > >> > > 4. Press "Forward" in your browser > >> > > > >> > > If you try this with an official Trac this doesn't happen, so either > >> > > this was fixed in a new version, or we have a plugin installed which > >> > > is causing this to happen. > >> > > > >> > > Current version of Trac is 1.0.5, we're currently running 1.0.1 > >> > > > >> > > Thanks, > >> > > Edward > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > ghc-devs mailing list > >> > > [email protected] > >> > > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > >> > > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ghc-devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > > > > _______________________________________________ ghc-devs mailing list [email protected] http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs
