Forum Post Drafts

Deleted • 2 September 2015 at 9:36 AM

I think it'd be really useful if we could save a topic as a draft and edit it before we post it ._. I usually do things from my phone because it's often faster than my laptop and I now have limited personal use of my laptop due to my college classes, so I find it hard to switch back and forth between windows when I'm trying to take stock of what I have in my cove(s) and/or inventory to trade. Unless I've copied everything I've typed out, I lose everything when the window with the new topic refreshes itself >.< I often hesitate to make an elaborate forum post with links, complete stock of what I'm offering, what I'm looking for, etc. on my phone because of the hassle it is. It'd be really helpful if I could just save it as a draft and come back to it when I have access to my laptop. It'd also help to see what we're posting before we've posted it. We could check for errors better and be able to make our forum post look, sound, and flow better than just posting it right off the bat when we're finished.

lightblood • 2 September 2015 at 10:16 AM

@mcmelody
So, a preview button as well as a "draft" kind of tab under the search bar. That would work great. A great idea! My nook refreshes as well when I change tabs so I know this feeling. These would be very useful!

I'm in college classes, but enrolled in high school still, so I know things can easily get busy and force you to stop midsentence or something. Re-reading over what you are posting would be great, that way fixing mistakes can be done before posting.

Drafts:
As mentioned above, it could be saved in a link and help when you have to go back to typing a little while later. It would still have to post in the board, obviously, after hitting post.

fakeworld • 2 September 2015 at 10:16 PM

@mcmelody
I've always thought about this. I view Egg Cave from my laptop and phone, and have experienced the self-refresh thing myself. It's so inconvenient!

raccoon • 2 September 2015 at 10:20 PM

@lightblood
I desperately want the preview button.
Haven't been a victim of the self-refresh, thankfully.
A draft button would be very nice though. 😊

lightblood • 3 September 2015 at 8:13 AM

@raccoon I have and it sucks, let me, tell you. Be lucky! Drafts are really useful and are used for a lot of things so why not here to help make things simpler.

hayleysmith • 4 September 2015 at 4:06 AM

@mcmelody This would be great 😃