Mon, 2007-08-13 18:12
To whom it may concern,
I was recently working on a long article detailing and I went to test some code in my browser. I'm at work and they limit us to IE 6 (don't get me started). Anyway, the test opened in the browser window that I was writing my post in and of course, it went bye bye.
I'm asking that CSSCreator add an alert stating: "This page contains data that will be lost if you continue" and give two options: "Ok, discard data;" and "Cancel, return to form."
Before any geeks go typing away, "just do x y or z so that IE doesn't re-use windows," read the following replies that I have typed ahead of time:
I truly believe it would help many of us.
Thanks
LokiLoks
Mon, 2007-08-13 19:01
#1
It's happened to all of us
It's happened to all of us 
Mon, 2007-08-13 19:11
#2
All the more reason
All the more reason to add the "are you sure" alert.
Tue, 2007-08-14 08:23
#3
Stand by your Post
I wrote a long one yesterday and then accidentally clicked a link!! Very annoying.
I was lucky though, I clicked back and it gave me a 'this page has expired' page. But then it asked if I wanted to retry so I clicked 'Yes' and it bought my message back 
Also lokiloks, brave of you to confess your an IE user here (*whisper* Me too *whisper*)!
Tue, 2007-08-14 13:01
#4
Oh I do sympathise
Oh I do sympathise Lokiloks...while I have occasionally been fortunate enough to experience the forgiving nature of the back button (as in JB's reply), I now take the precaution of "swipe, ctl-C" before I even think of going anywhere else. Then if I come back and said dissertation is gone, I can paste it back...if I haven't copied something I want to paste into my form...catch 22 isn't it :rolleyes:
Mods and gurus – THANK YOU!
For your time, knowledge and experience so willingly and generously given.
Please come back tomorrow and sort us all out again
Tue, 2007-08-14 19:25
#5
Use Firefox. Clicking back
Use Firefox. Clicking back instantly takes you back to the page, with the textbox full of your writing.
Or at least, it always has for me.
Tue, 2007-08-14 21:13
#6
Unfortunately, government
Unfortunately, government office = IE for most everything.
This wouldn't be hard to implement, a few minutes to prevent a thousand headaches sounds like a good deal to me.
LokiLoks