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Returning and New Features - Online Time, Message Drafts started by erick
November 28th 2007 at 1:38 PM  [ Modified November 30th 2007 at 11:32 AM ]
 
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I've rolled out a couple of new things in the last couple of days on the site here and will continue to expand on them throughout the week.

The first one is a returning feature, the "Time Spent Online" page. If you click the "More" arrow on the main menu and go to "Online Time" you'll find a list of the top 100 users who spend the most time on the site. If you didn't make the list, go to your "My Controls" area to see how much time you've spent online since logging for this tool began.

The second thing is message drafts. You now have the option to save a draft of a new topic you are making in a forum or a new reply you are making to a topic. Furthermore, drafts of messages are autosaved periodically so you don't lose any information in case of some sort of system failure (either your computer, the server, Internet connection, etc). If you've been writing a lengthy message at work and want to finish it at home, just save a draft, log in at home, return to the forum you were making the topic in (if you were making a new topic) and continue writing your message by clicking the "New Topic" button in that forum. Your draft will automatically appear and you can continue. Likewise, if you made a draft of a new reply to a topic, simply return to that topic and you'll see your message has automatically been filled into the quick reply (or the full reply if you hit the reply button). I hope this makes sense. Likely tomorrow, I'll have a list of your "current drafts" to go along with this and that will be available in your "My Controls" area. Drafts are deleted when you finally post the message and drafts that are autosaved will be deleted periodically if they are not used. I haven't determined how long to keep them for yet though.



Let me know what you think! I hope that these things will be of use to you.



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November 28th 2007 at 4:00 PM
 
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I think the draft feature will be a big help, I know I've written a few topics just to get about done and have the power at home go out due to a storm or someone hitting a power pole.



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November 29th 2007 at 9:14 AM
 
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Awesome features, Erick.




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November 29th 2007 at 10:56 AM
 
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Thanks. I genuinely hope they will be useful to everyone.



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November 29th 2007 at 11:47 AM
 
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Good additions Erick.
I do most of my posting/SF surfing etc. on my lap top, and the dreaded blue screen of death is very frusterating when it happens at the end of writing a post.



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November 29th 2007 at 12:30 PM
 
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Erick, I think I found a glitch with the message draft feature. Earlier today I replied to a topic. Now, when I went back to look at that topic (since it had received more replies) my reply is on there AND it is also in the Quick Reply text box. I don't think that was your intent.




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November 29th 2007 at 12:32 PM
 
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What topic? It should delete your draft for that topic when you post a reply.



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