Topic: "Someone Else Has Posted"

[Ebb]

I just wrote up a post for a multiplayer game, hit submit, and got the "someone else has already posted to this thread; you might want to preview" message. I skimmed over that, unfortunately, and closed the tab. Now the post has disappeared into the ether.

My question is: Is there some way to turn off this feature? I've been bitten by this about three times now. Yes, I can be more careful, particularly when posting to multiplayer threads. But honestly I would far rather have a post go up that's unfortunately outdated or out of context than have the post end up gone forever. At least in the first case I can edit to make things right.

[Avis habilis]

That warning doesn't make it impossible to post. It's just a warning; if you hit submit anyway, you can still post. I've done it plenty of times in discussions I'm not paying enough attention to.

[Beguile's Mistress]

Go to look and layout in your profile and check the Don't warn on new replies box.

[Ebb]

Thanks, Beguile's Mistress.

Avis - Yes, I get that. But if I'm in a hurry, I'll often hit Submit and then close the page that comes back without being careful enough about what's going on. If I had seen what had happened I'd of course just hit Submit again.

[Star Safyre]

If you use Firefox like Mr. Fyre and I, you might be interested in the Lazarus add-on.  It has saved many a post and the need for us both to announce our postings like lumberjacks calling out "Timber!"

[Scott]

Can't you just hit the back button on ff and the post still be there?

[Trieste]

There was a glitch not long ago where that was not the case.

[Vekseid]

It was a bug in Firefox prior to version 4.