I've just used the preview option for the first time and found that when I clicked the Go Back link, I had lost all of my typing . I sure don't like that feature

And maybe add :p as a smily code.

Just tested it and it works fine for me. The text was still there after going back both with the browser's 'back' button and the forum's 'back' link.

Just tested it myself and the text was gone, I'm using IE6, that might be the problem.

Tested it with all my browsers:
Mozilla 1.0: working
Opera 6.something: working
Konqueror 3.0.0-12: working
Netscape 4.7: not working
Links: not working because no Javascript

Assumption: bug in Internet Explorer and old Netscape.

I'm using IE 5.0 here at home and it works fine for me...

It's a quirk primarily in IE, sometimes the text will still be there when you go back, sometimes it'll disappear. I think it may have something to do with the length of time before you hit the back button. It's also more likely to do it if you go back to the page multiple times (like if you're having trouble getting it to go through). I don't know what the exact cause is, but I know it does that sometimes and not others.

Note that IE does that on ALL sites, not just here.

Edited by Cypherswipe at 11:47 on September, 16th 2002

Ok, then I will list it as "browser bugs I'm not responsible for and I can't do anything again"

Yeah, I've had that happen with all versions of IE (well, 5.1+), and less often with other browsers. There's no pattern that I can find, so I assume it must be connected to available memory or caching or something along those lines.

Here at home it works just fine, must be a bug. Tried all kinds of things but the text just popsup as it should. Case closed

Something strange happened to me today as I came to the Spam Club:

1.) I didn't auto-login which is strange since all the other times I do...

2.) Even after I logged in, every post/announcement made since this board started was marked as new even though there was no new post at all after I checked it...

Just thought I'ld let you know...

That basically means you didn't have any cookies since both the pieces of information is stored in such.

But what I don't understand is how my cookie could suddenly dissapear... I didn't delete it so...

Yes, the cookie feature has died, I'm left with entering my name and password every time I want to post.

That hasn't happened for me (yet)... I only need to login and I get my session-id back along with all the extras

I always wondered why you wouldn't store the last visited date in your db?

I figured out the problem and it was totaly my fault so don't worry about it...

No, it didn't. You just didn't understand how to use it.

Because that is an unnecessary database query - speed issue.

Good

Edited by Mr Creosote at 10:41 on September, 18th 2002

I think that either all the spamclub cookies are starting to expire, or there was a temporary glitch or change in the board that voided existing cookies. I got logged out somehow yesterday or the day before and had to relogin. Now that I've relogged in, I'm staying logged in without any problems.

Haven't experienced that problem, but might be that the cookies just expired. That's the whole purpose of expiring after all And logging back in once shouldn't be the biggest problem really.

Not really a problem, just an irritation. I prefer being able to stay logged in permanently unless I specifically log out.

Can you make the cookies renew themselves every visit? That way instead of expiring XX days after you log in, they'd expire XX days after your last visit (which would effectively make them permanent unless you didn't visit the board for XX days).