vBulletin® sucks!

[l'homme]

I redacted a very long reply to support a newbie and when click Submit Reply the system asked me to log-in when I was already logged.

I lost all the text.

I'm too dissapointed with forum's architecture!

I'm too mad! 😡

 

[Counterfit]

It wasn't there when you hit the back button?

 

[Doctor Q]

I'm sorry to hear that your session timed out and took your post with it, l'homme.

Are you on a public computer or one shared with people you don't trust? If so, you should click any button (e.g., Preview Post) now and then so your session doesn't time out. I find it useful to preview posts every paragraph or two anyway.

If you are a personal computer, there's a better solution. Check the "Remember Me?" checkbox when you log in, and you will no longer have this problem because your session won't time out.

 

[Sun Baked]

I don't have the remember me checked, and I have yet to run into that issue.

Even if my session times out during an edit, it just asks me to log back in when I hit submit.

 

[alphaod]

I usually select everything and copy it before I submit a reply, just in case something messes up.

 

[0098386]

I usually select everything and copy it before I submit a reply, just in case something messes up.

Best way to go about it. I've found Safari keeps text for me though, IE rarely does.

 

[edesignuk]

It's the internet, things do go wrong from time to time, this doesn't make vB suck. It's easily the best forum software out there.

 

[Eric5h5]

Especially since it's not a vB issue, it's a browser issue. If you use a browser that doesn't suck, you won't lose text. You can just hit the back button.

--Eric