This is a good example and I agree. MY ultimate solution would involve adding ajax saves to the editor (like gmail does autosaves) It is such a simple fix for coders and such a major hassle for users when data is lost.
Massimo@ While we are talking about the editor is there any news about whether we would change to the Amy editor by adding autosaves, team coding and an online debugger would be cooll web2py could be the first completely online development solution for Python. Steve On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:30 PM, achipa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Massimo, get/post vars are exactly what I'm talking about. The > redirecting page could save any get/post data (maybe in a session var > or cookie) and then upon successful login the login page could reuse > that to repeat the original click/submit - that way the only thing > that gets lost is the referrer. > > On Oct 24, 12:10 am, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > T2 it does that already. admin does it too. It is post/get vars that > > are lost. > > > > Massimo > > > > On Oct 23, 4:43 pm, achipa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Massimo, what do you think about the login (esp in T2) remembering the > > > landing URL/FORM and redirecting/submitting to it again after a > > > successful login ? > > > > > On Oct 23, 7:41 pm, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Strange. ANyway, I would just increate the timeout time so that the > > > > problem does not arise again. > > > > > > Massimo > > > > > > On Oct 23, 12:38 pm, Joe Barnhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Actually, this did not work for me in FireFox 3. As soon as I used > > > > > the back key, the edit control refreshed itself and lost all of my > > > > > edits. There was no way to recover my edits from the browser at > all. > > > > > I am surprised that you say it works for you. > > > > > > > As for editing files instead of using the web interface -- I > thought > > > > > the web interface was one of the "advantages" of web2py over > similar > > > > > offerings. It's harder to use files on web2py because our > interface > > > > > is not set up to easily allow file editing remotely. We rely on > other > > > > > means such as ssh and ftp to edit files remotely, which reduces the > > > > > convenience of web2py somewhat when used in that mode. > > > > > > > -- Joe > > > > > > > On Oct 23, 6:59 am, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > And you can always use the browser to go [back] and retrieve work > at > > > > > > any previous stage (works for me with firefox). > > > > > > > > Massimo > > > > > > > > On Oct 23, 8:58 am, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I know but once you are aware of this problem it is gone > because you > > > > > > > have the options to: > > > > > > > 1) edit the admin/models/0.py file and increase the expiration > time > > > > > > > 2) you can edit the files without the web based interface using > any > > > > > > > other editor you like > > > > > > > > > Massimo > > > > > > > > > On Oct 23, 4:59 am, "Phyo Arkar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It wont be hard to make ajax saves . > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:37 AM, achipa < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The real question here is what web2py can/could do about > people > > > > > > > > > landing on unexpected pages, which then go to login. A form > submission > > > > > > > > > on a web2py restart, loss of cookie, browser restart, > session timeout, > > > > > > > > > etc could, in theory, be preserved (the login page should > redirect/ > > > > > > > > > resubmit to the original page). Lost edits are just a > special case of > > > > > > > > > this. > > > > > > > > > > > In this specific case, again, as an idea, the editor > actually could do > > > > > > > > > server assisted autosaves: just save the document in a temp > admin > > > > > > > > > table or file, probably through some AJAX magic to make it > transparent > > > > > > > > > to the user. In either case, it would be a serious mod to > both web2py > > > > > > > > > and the editor itself, which is just a borrowed component > in web2py. > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 23, 9:00 am, Keith Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:12:24 -0700 (PDT), > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is one reason > > > > > > > > > > > why many people don't trust web editors -- they are too > prone to lose > > > > > > > > > > > work. > > > > > > > > > > > > Whilst I agree with the basic point you make about > somehow saving the > > > > > > > > > > context of the editing if possible, if you don't trust > web editors then > > > > > > > > > > why are you using one?? None of my web2py editing is done > via the web > > > > > > > > > > interface for a number of reasons, not least of which is > that there is no > > > > > > > > > > recovery journal. > > > > > > > > > > > > Keith > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
