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The mysterious disappearing post - 2/10/2010 7:23:32 PM

DomImus

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Many of us have had this happen and some have commented on it here. You are typing a response to a post and you accidentally hit the wrong key and poof! Off your reply goes into the cyber trash. What causes this? Is it a CM forum thing or a browser thing (I use Firefox) or maybe a Windows thing? Is the content of that potentially epic opus stored on some clipboard in your pc where you can retrieve it?

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RE: The mysterious disappearing post - 2/10/2010 7:47:18 PM

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It most often happens on laptops when someone does not have their "touch to click" turned off.

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RE: The mysterious disappearing post - 2/10/2010 8:41:05 PM

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RE: The mysterious disappearing post - 2/10/2010 9:02:40 PM

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I am terribly dyslexic and can't tell when I have letters reversed so I use a spell check.... Sometimes though I hit refresh instead of spell check and there goes the post...gone forever.

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RE: The mysterious disappearing post - 2/10/2010 9:25:10 PM

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ORIGINAL: DomImus
Is the content of that potentially epic opus stored on some clipboard in your pc where you can retrieve it?

If I know I'm going to be writing a novella, I'll compose it in a text editor first then copy-n-paste it into a compose box here on CollarChat. I've had the mysterious disappearing thing happen myself while using a desktop, not a laptop. If the content is in a text editor, at least you'll be able to try and repost again.

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RE: The mysterious disappearing post - 2/10/2010 10:07:27 PM

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What I've had happen a few times a while back, was clicking the "ok" button, only to get a "posting failed" message. Poof.

Long posts, I try to remember to ctrl-c before I hit the button.

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