[wp-testers] Save and Continue Editing Button

[Gene Steinberg]

On Mar 24, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Mark Jaquith wrote:
>
> I had no problems using autosave on Gene's installs.  He says he was  
> able to make it work running Vista in Parallels, so at this point I  
> have to say that it's likely something specific to his Macs' setup.
>
> --
> Mark Jaquith • http://markjaquith.com/
>
>


All right, I tried the following on the Mac Pro:

1. Reset Safari 3.1. This deletes stored passwords, cache, etc. No  
change.

2. Switched from OpenDNS to my ISP's DNS (this is Cox), turned off the  
Leopard firewall again and restarted.

3. Tried Safari 3.1. It worked exactly once, and then the symptoms  
returned.

4. Still doesn't work in the Firefox 3 beta.

5. I also used a utility known as Leopard Cache Cleaner to empty  
system and user caches, including Web caches, boot caches, etc. with  
no change.

The above 5 steps were repeated on the MacBook Pro and it never  
worked. Bear in mind that auto save is just one of the problems. I  
cannot use the Insert Link or audio file either, nor does spell check  
work. The former two produce blank windows and the latter a spinning  
circle in an endless loop.

Bear in mind that the Mac Pro is 5 weeks old, and there has been no  
system modifications, not even a terminal command to change the look  
and feel of something.

Having been in this game a long time as a tech writer, I can tell you  
that it is dangerous to assume that because it works on your Mac, the  
problem is somehow restricted to my two computers. I think it's  
important, before official release, to try this out on several  
different Macs of different vintage and configurations to see what is  
going on. My systems are not very unique and are probably typical of  
tens of thousands of Mac users.



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Gene Steinberg
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