Muzman on 3/2/2003 at 07:36
I'm not sure who's end this is at, but I thought here would do.
Once, a long time ago, if I posted something and for some reason the post didn't go through (crash, lag, hiccup, sometimes my ISP doesn't seem to be able to reach international sites momentarily etc etc) I could back IE up a page or two and the post would still be there. But that doesn't happen anymore. Nowadays when I back up to the post page it refreshes anew and I get caught by this a lot (in typical fashion, usually when I write something long and of inspired brilliance (and since no one is going to see them they're going to stay inspired and brilliant so perhaps I shouldn't worry)). Sometimes I do remember to make a copy before I press send and cover my rear, but usually not. I should in case of crashes and other things, but I would think there is some setting somewhere that allows me to back up to the cached post text.
Is there any server or browser thing that can be done about this?
sailoreagle on 3/2/2003 at 10:41
Opera lets me back up fine... but then, by default, Opera doesn't reload a page when you hit the back button. Dunno what you could do for IE, I'm no longer used to delving in the options there. :erg: Maybe look at your cache settings?
Aircraftkiller on 4/2/2003 at 18:39
It seems to be dependent on the site you visit. For example, posting at a UBB or something will cache the text and leave everything fine.
But posting to an EZBoard has proven to be something EXTREMELY annoying because it seems to kill the written text if you go back to it.
Do me a favor, go to a few sites with differing forums and try to post there doing what you described. Might narrow it down a bit.
Foo on 5/2/2003 at 18:16
Tools>Internet Options>General>Temporary Internet Files>Settings>'Check for newer versions of stored pages'.
Set it to Automatically and the problem should be solved. Assuming this is the cause, and you're using IE :D
Took mea while to find it myself ;)
Muzman on 6/2/2003 at 12:16
hmmm, yasee that's always been the setting I've had (on both computers I visit here on). So the mystery remains
Foo on 6/2/2003 at 13:22
Could well be your ISPs cacheing of pages has changed then....
Check your connection settings for use of a HTTP proxy, it's pretty doubtful these settings have changed but if so it's another possible cause.
Also, check your temporary internet files settings for space allocation, and make sure you've got lots of free space on your hard drive.
Muzman on 10/2/2003 at 23:25
makes me wonder if there's not some timelimit in effect somewhere that registers a page as 'new' and to be refreshed.
It could be quite a while, what ith spelling, punctuation, incoherent ranting, foul language (accepted and invented) and death threats to fix up before I post.
