Re: Possible PM bug?

As anony monk so delicately put it, this isn't a bug. The message is handled by one form, the CB by another. When you post to the one the data from the other isnt included. If you had hit "back" a couple of times you would have ended up back at the original page, and assuming your browser is properly configured, with the text you had written still available.

While this is annoying (its bitten me a few times) its not a bug. The easiest thing you can do is use a different medium for chat from which you reply. IE, use KatterBox or Fullpage Chat or one of the java clients or whatever.

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Re^2: Possible PM bug? by Tanktalus (Canon) on Jul 07, 2005 at 18:05 UTC
This is a bug. A bug in design, perhaps, but still a bug. A limitation, too, I imagine, that no one wants to step up and solve (myself included). But still a bug. It's a limitation imposed by the design of HTML forms, which requires significant web-author effort to work around. It results in some very non-intuitive behaviour, and thus it's at the very least a bug in the design. Is it worth it to fix? Probably not - almost every page you look at has multiple forms, and the state of other forms are not kept when submitting other forms. That's a lot to go through. But just because there has been, and continues to be, a conscious decision not to change the behaviour doesn't mean it's not a bug. Sorry about the rant - but I have to deal with this line of thought at work, too, and it annoys me to no end. I have no problems with shipping bugs. As long as everyone acknowledges that's what we're doing. Call it a limitation - fine. But it's still a bug. A bug we may not want to pay to fix. But it's still a bug.	[reply]
Re^3: Possible PM bug? by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 07, 2005 at 19:44 UTC
Give it to some corporate spin doctors of large software companies and they probably make it into a feature! CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law	[reply]
Re^3: Possible PM bug? by theorbtwo (Prior) on Jul 07, 2005 at 20:03 UTC
Exactly correct. Glad you're already a pmdevil. Warning: Unless otherwise stated, code is untested. Do not use without understanding. Code is posted in the hopes it is useful, but without warranty. All copyrights are relinquished into the public domain unless otherwise stated. I am not an angel. I am capable of error, and err on a fairly regular basis. If I made a mistake, please let me know (such as by replying to this node).	[reply]
Re^3: Possible PM bug? by NateTut (Deacon) on Jul 09, 2005 at 14:39 UTC
Thank you for that. I'm glad there is a remedy (Go Back a Page or Two). Also I agree it may not be worth the effort to fix, but it is a bug. It is unexpected behavior from the application. I didn't realize folks were so sensitive to bug reports. Its not a personal attack its a bug (or maybe a feature :).)	[reply] [d/l]