Has there been a change or update to this forum. I am not sure if it is on my side or not but here goes. Before about a week ago or so I could start typing text in a reply box and before posting I may goto a website to check something and then backarrow to the posting page I started the post. When I return the text is gone. It use to never do that here. Over at fedoraforum.org it is still working fine so I don't think it is on my side. Is there a configuration setting in my LQ that needs to be set?

Also another thing is when I make the post and the new post is accepted and is displayed I would then select to bookmark this. It would bookmark the last post I made. Instead it is saving the page from the beginning even though when the page comes up after the post is showing me my last post. Only way to fix this is I have to hit the number of the post to reload it and then save it to my bookmarks.

Just wondering
Brian1

This is really the kind of thing you should do in a new tab. Any site that uses AJAX has the potential to lose data or act in unexpected way when you hit the back arrow.

--jeremy

when i tried to post my first message, it was refused (contained a url), when i went back the text was gone.
users tend to get angry when the computer eats their typing. i got angry. grrrr.

firefox usually remembers what was in a form when you press back, whatever this site does breaks it, and offers no alternative.

There is an alternative: be prepared. Holding data in forms is a hit or miss operation. If you're going to be irritated by losing your post, then type it in a text editor or use a different tab for your browsing. It's really not that difficult, I promise.

"If you're going to be irritated by losing your post" - who wouldn't be?
I don't think that's really a helpful response.

I posted here because the title is "Website Suggestions & Feedback", and my feedback is that the message board exhibited non-standard behaviour which caused me to lose my effort in typing a response (useful or otherwise!), which is likely to affect more first time users than just me. I post out of altruism, not selfish need.

I would suggest that the "omg u entered a url, and u r a noob - access denied" message (I paraphrase) should also include a copy of what you posted so that it doesn't vanish into the ether. Better still (if anyone feels energetic) it could redisplay the form, complete with first attempt, to be modified and resubmitted.

A work around is too late after you have already lost data.

Losing my data used to happen to me a lot here and on other websites. Now all I do is go to a new tab or a another browser. So when I am looking at a webpage while I'm posting on the other I don't need to worry about losing that part of the data. Then, I send the post without the frustration.