I assume this was with the Advanced Post Editor? Because in my testing on Firefox with the Simple Post Editor it does autosave text when I kill the browser and re-open it. The Advanced Post Editor doesn’t have it yet, but it does appear to be possible to configure.
Profanity is an interesting issue. For some, simply using a word is offensive regardless of context. For others, it’s just another word and not worth noticing. I’ve probably used the wrong words by accident a few times because for me it’s like trying to remember not to say avocado, so if someone points it out I’ll gladly change or remove it.
I’m not really worried about those kinds of cases though, since they’re easy to resolve already.
Instead, I’m more concerned about other types of cases. Someone recently made a comment which intentionally escalated some drama using insults and challenges, and I sent a private message asking them to stop adding fuel to a fire… and I wasn’t the only one who asked. They told me the fuel makes the fire prettier, and added another line worth of drama to the original comment. I was a bit surprised by this reaction so I looked up the person’s other comments with the handy new “My Posts” feature, and found they had a fairly consistent history of borderline trolling.
It’d be nice to have something built in to help deal with that. Most people won’t go far enough to PM an administrator about these things, but they’re often willing to click some sort of ‘dislike’ button.
Dislike buttons have quite a few problems, which have already been brought up, really it feels like more negatives than positives. Except for this:
I have to agree, I think many people don’t want to pm the admin even if they feel there is a problem. For that reason I lean towards it being useful. And maybe needed.
I’ve also had incomplete drafts dropped when flipping between tabs on safari using the spe.
I’ve never even tried the Advanced Post Editor. I’m a simple man. 
All computers Windows 7 64-bit running the latest version of IE11…
So you're the one still running Internet Explorer. :)
Ha! Yes… I’m the one. :P Not being a programmer but a simple “IT guy” I never dove into Linux and avoid Mac like the plague. ;) I certainly see the appeal (of Linux), I just don’t have the time. Lots of respect for those that do though 
Not really a Linux thing… Other browsers generally have better crash recovery.
Incomplete posts are generally not even sent to the server yet, so there’s nothing the server can do to recover those after a crash. However, the browser can do quite a bit to avoid losing half-written messages. It’s likely easiest to address lost-data concerns by switching to a more robust browser, like Chrome or Firefox.
A variety of server-side solutions are at least possible, but they’re rather tricky.
I use Lazarus, works quite well, its not perfect but has saved my butt many times. I also use firefox
:) I actually happen to maintain a little spin of Linux that I put together to help new users migrate more smoothly. But that’s a topic for another conversation. O:)
Meanwhile is there any way to convince you to run Firefox or Chrome on Windows? I think you’ll have a better time with crash recovery and autosaving. As I said, it’s already natively working with the Simple Post Editor in Firefox, and it looks like I can probably get it working for the Advanced Post Editor as well.
As somebody else mentioned, the autosaving is usually not server-side. Most implementations these days take advantage of an HTML5 feature for local browser storage. Here’s a list of supported browsers. Not sure why IE11 failed you, since it’s also on the list.
I use Compuserve, and my mom’s AOL as backup, for my dial up 56k connection. I’m using all my extra CD’s as coasters because I’ve got 260000+ free hours (oh the days when internet access was measured in time…)
I hope this isn’t off topic by the time it has been uploaded 
BTW, thanks for all your hard work SB, I love this forum and I spend an inordinate amount of time here every day. I’d be remiss for sure if you weren’t at the helm.
My pleasure, onetrickpony! Thanks for saying so.
If you have a moment, you can quickly click the [ Preview ] button. I used to spend a lot of extra time copying my replies & pasting them into Notepad “just in case”. The Preview function gets it into the browser quicker and easier.
Yeah I was pretty excited when IE11 came out as well. Now I can download Chrome and Firefox 20% faster on a new install!
Truthfully, I have not tried IE in a LONG time. MS let it stagnate for quite a while and Firefox and Chrome were far superior. A buddy of mine works for MS and keeps telling me that it is competitive now, but I just can’t bring myself to try it. Shared bookmarks between my Chromebook, phone and desktop are pushing me more and more towards Chrome. I have not had any problems with lost posts in Firefox, and I too have a tendency to research and switch tabs a lot while writing things up.
Getting some strange blue screens
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘@’ in /srv/www/drupal7/sites/all/modules/rules/modules/php.eval.inc(146) : eval()’d code on line 1
Sorry about that, my fault.
Cool, thanks for your efforts on the upgrade.
left a pm about some apparently transient errors noticed just now
How did you get 260k free hours?
29.66 years at 24 hours a day :GRADE:
testing if my name shows up as ‘edited by’ under the original post (until someone else adds a new last edit)