[wp-testers] Disappearing Posts: Not a Bug, But a Problem

[Paolo Gabrielli]

2006/2/6, Justin Moore <wantmoore at gmail.com>:
> On 2/6/06, Rob <unspace at unspace.net> wrote:
> > After much playing around, I believe I can replicate the error. If the
> > "Write" page is not finished loading and you begin typing into the text
> > area, when the page finishes loading, the material typed in the text
> > area disappears. One must ensure that the page has finished loading
> > before one begins typing. As far as I know, this has nothing to do with
> > the code.
>
> Sounds accurate to me. That would be pretty common behavior with any
> textarea on any website. I don't know that there is a good way to
> solve the problem though. On the other hand, I can't imagine that it's
> that serious of a problem. Unless your connection were to just crap
> out totally, the number of words you could type in from the time the
> textarea appears until the page finishes completely loading would be
> extremely low. I post to my blog from time to time through a wireless
> dial-up link at dial-up speeds and the Write page loads pretty quickly
> even over that slow link.
>

A possible solution would be having the JS working as it does in the
Plesk where while the page is loading there's a box telling "Please
wait" and the background is gray and unclickable.

P.