wireless signal issues - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

larrybuck · 05-04-2011, 07:33 PM

Hi! Unfortuantely, I only have wireless access to tether to my laptop. I live in a terrible signal strength area... most of time.. only 1 bar showing on phone... I get engrossed in this forum... spending half an hour carefully typing up several paragraphs only to lose it all, because my signal went out ( like I was timed out or something) when I refresh (reload?) current page to re-log in, all my work is gone! I'm fairly new to computers ( talk to me like I'm 6) ... is there a way I can save my work before and during re-logging??? Help! Remember I'm 6 or maybe the new 2!

larrybuck · 05-04-2011, 10:46 PM

something weird is up. I went to an area of 2 to 3 bars strength, still lost my material.. this has not happened on other forums I belong to... ???????

FastPlastic · 05-04-2011, 10:56 PM

Click the remember box next to the Login, might keep you signed in when your signal comes back. Otherwise, maybe just type your message in a text editor and copy and paste it over when your done.

Angmaar · 05-04-2011, 10:56 PM

You might want this addon if you use Firefox or this if you use Google Chrome. It will save the data you put into this form and will save you a lot of frustration and time.

larrybuck · 05-04-2011, 11:32 PM

Thank you Angmaar and Fast Plastic.. well said... can rest easier tonight because I did quick shot guns on the hyper driving section! Thanks, again!

euromodder · 05-05-2011, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by larrybuck

something weird is up. I went to an area of 2 to 3 bars strength, still lost my material.. this has not happened on other forums I belong to... ???????

It's been troubling ecomodder.com from time to time, you're not the only one to have suffered this.

When typing long text, I've made it a habit to select all of it and copy it to the clipboard.
It's only typing 2 keyboard-shortcuts, but saves a lot of hassle.

Angmaar · 05-05-2011, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by euromodder

When typing long text, I've made it a habit to select all of it and copy it to the clipboard.
It's only typing 2 keyboard-shortcuts, but saves a lot of hassle.

The add ons that I linked to above do those automatically so you don't even have to think about it.