The Reversioning Thread

[Don Petter]

One thing,ff, I continue to get an irritating editing function of some sort. Quite commonly on the line below where I'm writing, the end section of text appears in duplicate. Initially, this posed me problems because when I used the back space key to delete it, both versions of the text disappeared and I could not relocate the cursor to put it before the duplicate version and use the delete button to get rid of it.

It's ok but I wish I knew why it was happening so that I could stop it. That auto save thing is still distracting me ever so often. I'd be glad if it didn't. Is there are option not to see it? What does it does it do anyway?

This is a bug which has been discussed and acknowledged more than once (back in the archives by now). The repeated text is a phantom and cannot be edited away - You just have to ignore it!

[french frank]

Actually, that raises another point, FF - The white on pink of 'Today's Posts' etc is not very easy to read.

Perhaps, in this case, the text should be black and not white?

'Today's Posts' is the view for guests and members who aren't logged in. The same applies to the 'New Posts' &c links on the home page for logged in members. I can certainly change those to black. I think

[Don Petter]

'Today's Posts' is the view for guests and members who aren't logged in. The same applies to the 'New Posts' &c links on the home
page for logged in members. I can certainly change those to black. I think

Yes - I was reading it off Russ's link, but it's the same effect in both.

[french frank]

Yes - I was reading it off Russ's link, but it's the same effect in both.

Done.

[Don Petter]

Done.

Looks great to me ...

[hackneyvi]

This is a bug which has been discussed and acknowledged more than once (back in the archives by now). The repeated text is a phantom and cannot be edited away - You just have to ignore it!

Ah! Thanks for letting me know, Don. I wonder why it's started doing this since Friday?

That auto save thing is still distracting me, is there are option not to see it?

[french frank]

One thing,ff, I continue to get an irritating editing function of some sort. Quite commonly on the line below where I'm writing, the end section of text appears in duplicate. Initially, this posed me problems because when I used the back space key to delete it, both versions of the text disappeared and I could not relocate the cursor to put it before the duplicate version and use the delete button to get rid of it.

It's ok but I wish I knew why it was happening so that I could stop it. That auto save thing is still distracting me ever so often. I'd be glad if it didn't. Is there are option not to see it? What does it does it do anyway?

Okay. Let's think about this. I'm typing a reply here and waiting for the yellow Auto-Save message to appear. And there it is - Auto-Saved. Now, I'm going to close this window (well, I'll wait for Auto-Saved again).

A little later:

I closed down the browser completely, opened it again and returned to the forum and this thread, clicked on this message to start my reply again - and the message Restore Auto-Saved Message (I think that was it) appeared in the grey bar just below the editing pane. I did that and - message returned for me to carry on as before. Even hackneyvi's [ QUOTE ] which I had shortened a little, was restored as I left it.

All that said, I don't think I've often lost a half finished message ...

[hackneyvi]

Okay. Let's think about this. I'm typing a reply here and waiting for the yellow Auto-Save message to appear. And there it is - Auto-Saved. Now, I'm going to close this window (well, I'll wait for Auto-Saved again).

A little later:

I closed down the browser completely, opened it again and returned to the forum and this thread, clicked on this message to start my reply again - and the message Restore Auto-Saved Message (I think that was it) appeared in the grey bar just below the editing pane. I did that and - message returned for me to carry on as before. Even hackneyvi's [ QUOTE ] which I had shortened a little, was restored as I left it.

All that said, I don't think I've often lost a half finished message ...

Dear ff, I didn't understand the purpose or usage of the AutoSave function. It's something, like the duplication of the end of lines, that's only started since Friday after I've been here for a couple of months.

If it has a use, I'm happy to ignore it!

[french frank]

I wonder why it's started doing this since Friday?

That auto save thing is still distracting me, is there are option not to see it?

The phantom text was thought to be something to do with one of the versions of Internet Explorer.

I think I've managed to tone down the colour of the Auto-Save thing and can make it a bit paler. That may not be quite so distracting (but as I'm mainly staring at my keyboard, I don't tend to see it ). Yes, Auto-Save was introduced with the software upgrade which Mark did a few days ago. I've just used it again - shutting down the browser, reopening, back to forum, back to this thread, Reply With Quote - and there's a message Restore Auto-Saved Content. Click on, message returns. So that's what it's for.

[Don Petter]

Ah! Thanks for letting me know, Don. I wonder why it's started doing this since Friday?

As far as I recall, there's no rhyme or reason as to when it comes and goes. I haven't seen it lately with my input. Could this be because I was eventually dragged into the current century and upgraded to IE8? (FF suggests it might be browser-related.)