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Re: Message autosave feature? [message #28520 is a reply to message #28518]

Thu, 27 October 2005 20:54

Ilia

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Anonymous wrote on Thu, 27 October 2005 16:48

Well, it can be written without using server resources very much at all. The message data can be saved to a local cookie. That would require only a simple check, the next time the user visits the forum, to see if there is a saved message and then present the user with the compose form if there is one.

I never posted the feature request because I knew you wouldn't go for it. That is why I have placed it on my list of possible hacks to do later.

Here is a short list of problems with that approach:
1) Cookie can store limited information reliably, which means long messages will be cutoff or lost. (4kbytes is the maximum cookie size, although in some browsers it is as low as 1kbyte)
Keep in mind your data will be "bloated" since you'll need to URL encode it, another 20/30% bump to the actual message size.

2) You cannot store attached files, polls and message options cannot be stored inside cookies, so those would be lost.

3) This presents a security concern since you now have data coming through a unvalidated input source. Opens a whole can of worms from the security side of things.

4) To auto-save you'll need to use Java-script running in a loop, so people without JavaScript support will not have this feature available.
I suppose this is not a critical issue as you can place a "save" button.

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		Message autosave feature? By: tufan on Wed, 26 October 2005 09:21
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: Ilia on Wed, 26 October 2005 13:39
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: JanRei on Wed, 26 October 2005 18:28
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: Ilia on Wed, 26 October 2005 21:26
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: tufan on Thu, 27 October 2005 18:10
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: Ilia on Thu, 27 October 2005 20:43
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: tufan on Thu, 27 October 2005 22:00
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: Ilia on Thu, 27 October 2005 22:15
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: Anonymous on Mon, 28 November 2005 00:40
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: JamesS on Wed, 26 October 2005 23:16
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: Anonymous on Thu, 29 December 2005 17:27
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: JanRei on Thu, 27 October 2005 07:33
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: Markus Allen on Thu, 27 October 2005 11:56
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: Anonymous on Thu, 27 October 2005 20:44
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: Anonymous on Thu, 27 October 2005 20:48
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: Ilia on Thu, 27 October 2005 20:54
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: JamesS on Thu, 27 October 2005 20:49
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: JamesS on Thu, 27 October 2005 21:01
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: Ilia on Thu, 27 October 2005 21:18
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: JamesS on Thu, 27 October 2005 21:38
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: Ilia on Thu, 27 October 2005 22:19
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: JamesS on Thu, 27 October 2005 22:21
		Re: Message autosave feature? By: gladiator on Wed, 14 June 2006 09:58

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