|
Save buttons *only* at the bottom of pages is, IMO, a huge UI no-no. [!!!] WordPress does it too IIRC.
Always have one at the top and one at the bottom, or one that slides with the scroll.
Auto-saves are great of course; a UI update alerting users of the save is important.
|
|
|
|
|
The Save button doubles up as the Publish button, depending on the status of teh "this article is being worked on" checkbox, and it autosaves every sixty seconds as well - thanks Chris! - so it isn't really needed at all until you want to close the window.
A static "menu bar" type approach would be better and more consistent though, I agree.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
|
|
|
|
|
theoldfool wrote: About an hour or so into the venture, my Internet connection decided to take a coffee break
Do you know if your internet was dead before you started typing in earnest, or did it fail only after an hour or so? Our system should have been keeping a veritable stream of auto-save copies we should be able to find (and which should have appeared back when you went to edit).
My apologies for the hassle in this.
cheers
Chris Maunder
|
|
|
|
|
Thank you. No need to worry, I should have seen the Save Draft button.
I am not sure how long, but I am sure some of the changes were done before crapped out. I check my email from time to time and I have to keep track of some surveillance cameras.
I love updates, after allowing a Template and/or a dotnet sdk update (of course I know better), a new server template is throwing an unhandled exception even before I edit it. Hopefully, I can find it.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
|
|
|
|
|
No need to hit "Save". It auto-saves every minute (if you've made changes)
cheers
Chris Maunder
|
|
|
|
|
Thanks. Back on track, I wish I could fix my car by rebooting it.
Actually, there was a new update to the SDK to match the Template. Downloaded and installed the tarball. Life is good.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
|
|
|
|
|
As the saying goes (at least in Dutch):
Quote: in limitation the master shows himself
I would like to hear when I'm using wrong or strange English, never too old to learn! 
|
|
|
|
|
I keep thinking I should write an article on something (I am an author in another life), but every time I think of something interesting to write about and check... there it is, someone else has already done it! This goes to show what a good resource CP is - it mostly has stuff I care about. 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
|
|
|
|
|
Agreed. Great place. If only they would stop the CCC's that humiliate me.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
|
|
|
|
|
Yeah, give us 10CC instead!
|
|
|
|
|
Rubber... 
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
|
|
|
|
|
So you went to a party at the local county jail?
|
|
|
|
|
I write my articles as an html page in the project. I downloaded the CodeProject css file and include that as well. That way I can write my article as I go, and when it comes time to actually create it on code project, it takes all of five minutes (10 if there are a lot of images). You're much less likely to get screwed by your internet connection that way.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
-----
You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
-----
When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
Thanks. And thanks to all for the encouragement. I submitted what is probably the first draft a little while ago.
If a man says something in the forest and his wife isn't there, is he still wrong?
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
|
|
|
|
|
His friends will swear they didn’t hear him say anything, but yes, he would still be wrong.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
-----
You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
-----
When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quite a bit of new technology is just plus ça change or hyped-up attempts at differentiation.
|
|
|
|
|
The Great Database Event.
Not many people remember. A few still have the scars...
cheers
Chris Maunder
|
|
|
|
|
Are you still in touch with the regulars from the early hours ? (I am thinking Christian Graus, Chris Losinger, Megan Forbes, Anna-Jayne - who came in the Lounge not so long ago - Paul Watson - Clickety!, Mick Martin - where is he by the way, long time no see any scrotum - Nish, Michael Dunn, Uwe Keim, Colin MacKay, Shog - CPHog ! - Rama Krishna, Christopher Duncan, Chris Meech, Trollslayer, David Stone, Karl,...)
|
|
|
|
|
Occasionally yes, but in 20 years you can imagine life has moved on in the various ways it does. I know some have left the industry disillusioned, and some moved on to bigger and better things. Shog went to work for SO a couple of years after it started and was doing well last I saw (which admittedly was a long time ago)
I still owe Uwe many, many beers. I plan on honouring that.
cheers
Chris Maunder
|
|
|
|
|
I owe a lot of them virtual beers, because besides being nice people to chat with in the Lounge, they also helped me a lot back then when I was starting in the industry and struggling with C++ and MFC. 
If you plan to see Uwe in Germany - in a post-Corona world probably, don't forget to say you are in the area, I'd be happy to join and meet IRL
|
|
|
|
|
Deal
cheers
Chris Maunder
|
|
|
|
|
Ditto... If you come to germany, say it. I'll arrange something too.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
Rage wrote: If you plan to see Uwe in Germany
Just curious... which part of Germany? I am in Bavaria.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
I am living near the German border, Baden-Württemberg.
Bavaria, damn, I have been mistaking your profile flag for the Belgian one all this time ( Nelek sounds Flemmish ). *facepalm*
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
It looks like technology is not waiting for me anymore. 
