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> I'm posting it here since HN rejects it with "that comment is too long. My god just thinking that you typed all this in a text box and were one accidental mo
by travisporter 5y ago
> I'm posting it here since HN rejects it with "that comment is too long.
My god just thinking that you typed all this in a text box and were one accidental mouse click/backspace away from losing it all is making me shudder.
That final link really resonated with me. thank you so much for sharing.
- hateful 5y agoI always type messages in an editor (EditPad Pro for me) and them paste them into the text boxes. I do this for email also.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- chaosharmonic 5y agoDoes this not persist when you navigate around? I've only ever seen the page contents here -- including text input values -- change if I explicitly reload. I haven't looked in any detail, but based on the behavior it seems to generally be getting cached in the browser? (Though it does seem to be an HN thing specifically, and yes, I would absolutely dread this if I were typing a draft anywhere else)
- blessingdusk 5y ago4chan's website has this feature. Whenever you post a long thread and fail a CAPTCHA, all you need to do is click on [Start a new Thread] and hit ctrl + z. I am positive that almost every internet forum website has this feature. You can even hit ctrl + z on Discord and it'll undo your typing in the message box.
- munificent 5y agoI've experienced that so many times that whenever I'm typing a comment above a certain length, I switch to my text editor, write it there, and then paste it back into the browser when I'm done.
- bmitc 5y agoAnd web apps are the “future”.
- ahaferburg 5y agoI'm no web dev at all, but it seems to me like a tiny amount of Javascript might prevent that by graying out the Post button if the text is too long.