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Jan. 18th, 2025 07:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
evening_tsarI knew there was a reason I never type directly into this space.
Having finally decided to fill in one of those silly survey things, for whatever reason, I saw fit to write it here instead of copying and pasting from Word. And, of course!, Dream Width erases the whole thing!
When I attempted to post, I was certain I had hit the wrong button - so I naturally enough hit "cancel".
For most other programs, from Microsoft to Meta, the "Cancel" button means "stop, nevermind, don't do that. As you were." Alas, in DW it apparently means "Discard your work". It never occurred to me in a million months of Mondays that the "cancel" button might mean the opposite. Every other frickin' program gives you the option to save your work. "Cancel" means cancelling the operation you inadvertently initiated, not exiting the program!
Fortunately, it was nothing important. I was not even particularly proud of it. But it was an hour's worth of typing, gone forever. I am unconvinced this is the best way of doing things.
Having finally decided to fill in one of those silly survey things, for whatever reason, I saw fit to write it here instead of copying and pasting from Word. And, of course!, Dream Width erases the whole thing!
When I attempted to post, I was certain I had hit the wrong button - so I naturally enough hit "cancel".
For most other programs, from Microsoft to Meta, the "Cancel" button means "stop, nevermind, don't do that. As you were." Alas, in DW it apparently means "Discard your work". It never occurred to me in a million months of Mondays that the "cancel" button might mean the opposite. Every other frickin' program gives you the option to save your work. "Cancel" means cancelling the operation you inadvertently initiated, not exiting the program!
Fortunately, it was nothing important. I was not even particularly proud of it. But it was an hour's worth of typing, gone forever. I am unconvinced this is the best way of doing things.
