On 28/08/06, Nick Jenkins nickpj@gmail.com wrote:
Some random thoughts on the idea:
- Could it maybe discard the current auto-saved draft if the user clicks the "Cancel" link under the edit textarea? Generally if I
click this, I've decided what I was about to say wasn't worth saying, in which case the draft probably isn't worth keeping either.
Yes, that makes sense...** grabs a piece of paper and begins scribbling **
- Is it worth storing a diff, rather than the whole page? Say you're on a busy page, your browser crashes or there's a power cut,
you reconnect, and reload the saved draft - however other people have modified the page, and now you have to merge your changes with their changes. However, maybe this is taking a decent idea and making it just too damn complicated - in which case please disregard this - I'd rather see a slightly simpler version that might happen, than an over-complex version which won't happen ;-)
I won't store diffs, but it might be nice to see if, when loading a draft, the changes from the draft could be merged into the current edit window, rather than replacing it.
Rob Church