- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Okay, I was wondering what everyone here thought of an idea that I have had for quite some time, but never got around to posting it. Now, how many of you, when you are typing a large body of text, accidental press a link on the page? I don't know about you guys, but it happens to me once in a while, and I lose all of that text. So, I purpose and idea to have a save draft feature. Kind of like gmail. Every few minutes it would save your draft. Of course, the only real problem would be where it goes. Maybe a little icon at the top of the page that says "My Drafts" or something. This would allow easy access. One can delete drafts, and of course, the drafts would be neatly organized according to which forum the thread is in. Then of course have the thread title, and date the draft was created. One could also simply disable this feature if they would feel it as an inconvenience. This would also help for the one in a while bug where it says that the post cannot be created at this time.
Now, in my opinion, this would help out immensely. Sometimes, I am afraid of posting a long post do to so many damn link around the text box. Now, one may ask what are the pros and cons. Well, that is rather simple:
Pros:
* When you accidentally click on a link in a large post you will not lose hardly any information.
* Fairly easy to keep track of different discussions in a "My Drafts" box.
* One would be able to disable this, if it is an inconvenience.
* Date and time are shown, to see how dated the draft is
* Drafts can be deleted at the users wish
Cons:
* More "room" would be used
* Some people may may not check the "My Drafts" box, and therefore having it over flowing.
That is all I can think of with cons. If you have any more cons, or pros, post them and I shall add them to the list.
Now, to fix the second con would be rather simple. A set time before the draft is deleted. Say twenty days or so. This would reduce over flowing.
Comments, questions, and concerns welcome. And of course criticism. Thank you for reading.
~Rokit~