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oldhippie
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windows closing mysteriously
Too many times I'll be writing a post and after I've spent considerable time the window just closes and eveything is gone.
Anybody else seen this or do I have a flakey Sony Vaio?
or is it real time censorship and the moderators are doing their thing? Just kidding.
[Edited on 8-6-2007 by oldhippie]
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Sharksbaja
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That my friend is why I gave up long-winded posts.
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Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
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DENNIS
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The right wing Windows gods are reading what you're writing.
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comitan
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Hippie
When this happens to me, I just assume its a post I'm not suppose to be making so I just don't post it.
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oldhippie
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but it does happen to others?
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woody with a view
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i've had it happen a couple of times and have narrowed it down to inadvertantly (sp?) hitting one of the keys to the right of the "space" bar, i
think!
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oldhippie
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
The right wing Windows gods are reading what you're writing. |
and there's a lot of 'em
on second thought I'll take that last line out. That's the one you can't see now.
[Edited on 8-6-2007 by oldhippie]
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Hook
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I've never had that happen without being able to point to an accidentaly key stroke.
If I have something that is long or I have to walk away from, I will copy and paste it into a Word doc, just in case.
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oldhippie
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An accidental keystroke shouldn't close a window.
So it is the software. Too bad, because aside from this rather major problem, this is the best message board software I've used.
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If you are on a laptop, check your battery level.
If the system is still up, you should try to reload the proggy you are using for the long worded post.
Now I put this post on this thread mainly to see how many egsperts will come on to contradict or confuse this person. I have a standing bet on the
number. Its high. Please don't make me lose my bet!
[Edited on 8-6-2007 by losfrailes]
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The Gull
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I see public apologies do nothing
but give the apologizer a temporary forum from which to appear have integrity, when in fact it is a sham.
Can't seem to let go...huh guys?
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oldhippie
An accidental keystroke shouldn't close a window.
So it is the software. Too bad, because aside from this rather major problem, this is the best message board software I've used.
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You're right, I misspoke. But F5 will reload the existing page and if you are using a reply window, it will wipe it clean.
That is one thing about this software that disappoints me, if it is, indeed, the software and not just a setting in my browser. You cant go "back" and
then "forward" and not lose typed material. I USUALLY copy it to the clipboard but sometimes I forget.
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joel
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It depends on what browser you are using. I use Firefox. Control-W will close the window in Firefox.
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joel
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.... and Control-R reloads the window. There are a few pitfalls, apparently -- at least in Firefox. I suspect IE is similar.
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edinnopolo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
Hippie
When this happens to me, I just assume its a post I'm not suppose to be making so I just don't post it. |
Like someone is reading it over your shoulder while you're typing and decides it shouldn't be posted and wipes it out. Frustrating
when that happens
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oldhippie
An accidental keystroke shouldn't close a window. |
If you're using IE, try Alt+F4.
| Quote: | | So it is the software. Too bad, because aside from this rather major problem, this is the best message board software I've used.
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Software, referring to like your browser software... not this site's forum software.
I think you noted previously your familiarity with the various site scripting languages.
As such, I'll offer this as a reminder... Javascript client-side language can only close a window that it opened to begin with. Otherwise, you'll get
an error message that the script is trying to close the browser window (at least in IE - I haven't tried this with Firefox or SeaMonkey browsers yet -
which are two others I use recently, both based on Mozilla platform. Netscape's early versions had warnings).
To the best of my knowledge, the XMB Forum software does not close any popups it creates (like u2u).
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[Edited on 8-7-2007 by BajaNomad]
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
That is one thing about this software that disappoints me, if it is, indeed, the software and not just a setting in my browser. You cant go "back" and
then "forward" and not lose typed material. I USUALLY copy it to the clipboard but sometimes I forget. |
This
has to do with passing information from one page to the next and (I believe possibly) caching choices the software is set to (something that's fixed
in, not optional). Generally this will be outside of settings in your browser.
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[Edited on 8-7-2007 by BajaNomad]
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Al G
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oldhippie
An accidental keystroke shouldn't close a window.
So it is the software. Too bad, because aside from this rather major problem, this is the best message board software I've used.
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Hippie...there are many keys like Esc and combinations of keys that will reload or open many menus...draging your thumb across the mouse pad when
hitting a letter key will often do crazy things...
First turn down the sensitivity of you mouse pad...that will solve 50%.
I do not know all the ways...everytime I turn around...there is a new scenario.
Another thing is work in a minimize window a keep your cursor off the page...I often find myself typing in the middle of a paragraph...when I forget
to get my cursor out of the way.
The other answer for me is to do my writing at Gmail...all the benefits of word and auto save. It really helps when I have to stop for awhile.
Albert G
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toneart
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Yes, it has happened to me quite often when I am typing a windy post in BN. I use Firefox and assume it is a glitch within Firefox. This happens both
on my PC desktop and my MAC laptop. It first gives a pop up box that says that (I am only pulling this from memory now): an error has occured and
Firefox has to close. It then gives you the option to report the error to MS. I now always decline this option because nothing has ever come of
reporting it. Next, pop up window gives you the option to return to the session you were working on or starting a new session. To my amazement, the
post that I was in the middle of writing reappears, so nothing lost.
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joel
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
Next, pop up window gives you the option to return to the session you were working on or starting a new session. To my amazement, the post that I was
in the middle of writing reappears, so nothing lost. |
Firefox is just a better user experience than IE.
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