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Andrew Neil
Super User
July 2, 2026
Question

Forum needs to save drafts!

  • July 2, 2026
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The old forum used to save drafts of replies.

So, when this happened:

 

You could try again - and not lose everything you typed.

This worked whether it was a forum error, a network error, user error (closing the page before hitting ‘Send’) or whatever.

 

We really need this feature back - I have just lost two posts!

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Andrew Neil
Super User
July 2, 2026

 I have just lost two posts!

Actually, it seems they were not lost.

The forum discarded them both, but now both have appeared!

 

Here:

 

(I’ve reported one, so it may get removed)

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.