The service I use for this website has a glitch that doesn't happen often, but when it does it deeply galling. Every long once in a while, it logs itself out, and I have to sign back in. That's not the problem. The problem is that unless I have remembered to tap my mouse-pointer outside the text element I've written in, everything I've written will be lost.
Sometimes I remember to tap outside the text element when writing. Sometimes I forget, but I haven't written much, and it's easy to write it all again. But sometimes I come to the end of a long article, only to discover that I've been logged out, and the whole piece is lost. I should note that that's not a fun feeling when it happens. Occasionally, I remember the article well-enough to just retype it as best I can. Often, I just throw my hands up and say, "Screw it," and come up with something different. After I wrote the article for this morning -- and yes, it was finished -- I started to save it...when the site just logged itself off, and kicked me off. After ungnashing my teeth, I logged back in, hoping beyond hope that I had indeed tapped outside the text element box, not remembering if I had -- only to discover that I hadn't, and the whole article was gone. I was in the midst of saying, "Oh, scre..." when I stopped, because it was not a piece I wanted to just toss away. I was also not anxious to remember what I'd written and type it again, because it was not an especially enjoyable article to write in the first place. To have to write it twice? Even less so. But in the end, it was not an article I was willing to toss away. Happily, I was able to remember pretty much all of it. Unfortunately, I was able to remember pretty much all of it.
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AuthorRobert J. Elisberg is a political commentator, screenwriter, novelist, tech writer and also some other things that I just tend to keep forgetting. Feedspot Badge of Honor
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