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Auto save of blog posts

Friday, August 14, 2009 8:58:39 AM

Ever experienced the following scenario: You've been working on the best blog post ever. You've spent countless hours in front of the computer. X amount of coffee have been consumed. You're just about to hit save before your computer freeze and you've just lost everything!

Well, we've had our share of failure too, so here's finally our solution to it all: Auto save of blog posts. It works in magic ways (well, not really), but it saves a draft of your post at timed intervals or you can "Save draft" to force a manual save. The posts are private for as long as you're working on it. When you're done, just do what you normally do and publish it.

We know one member who will be excited about this feature. He has been nagging about it for years, so this is a win-win situation for us. He even visited our office one time to see if any progress were made. Some members are more dedicated than others...

Anyway, feedback is welcome if you have any comments how to improve the auto save feature! Thanks.

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Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:00:15 AM

Wheeeee!! Great! I've lost a few posts on mini, bloging on the move can be tricky.

vrian roivrianroi # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:00:20 AM

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:01:46 AM

It WILL work on mini, won't it? It will huh? Huh? Huh?

Tamil # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:04:24 AM

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Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:04:38 AM

Originally posted by garlingmatthews:

It WILL work on mini, won't it? It will huh? Huh? Huh?

Of course.

wahyu alamialamkuwhyu # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:05:25 AM

my friend said he lost his blog post yesterday,hope it will help

Ryan Octavianusphilry4n # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:08:36 AM

coxi got all she wants

Wanney IdrissWaneyidriss # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:12:36 AM

That's great news....well done guys!:-)

Shazoor # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:16:59 AM

Thats great !

Matt Coxcoxy # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:21:31 AM

Originally posted by philry4n:

coxi got all she wants

Zimak # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:26:01 AM

how to disable this feature?

Vasudevan Mvasuwrath # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:26:55 AM

Great feature

Ngô Thế Vinhntvim88 # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:31:05 AM

i like it. Last night i wrote but the electric is out, oh my God. So, thank you your longlive Opera

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:34:34 AM

Cool, thanks

Julius Agung R.mysuperjulius # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:35:07 AM

I havent try yet. But thanks anyway. It makes me can smile again. Go Opera...Keep it up.

HEPHZIBAH AJAYIhephzibah1 # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:37:47 AM

well you can improve it by creating more space

Matt Coxcoxy # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:37:49 AM

Originally posted by Zimak:

how to disable this feature?

Stop writing blog posts.

Tamil # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:45:01 AM

An icon indicating whether the post is public, private or friends only in archive and edit/delete posts page will be nice.

Julius Agung R.mysuperjulius # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:47:09 AM

I will, thanks. More love 4 Opera. God bless u all guys.

Dawid Pająksdrpl # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:51:17 AM

Originally posted by My.Opera:

Ever experienced the following scenario

Yessss

Thanks My.Opera Team!

Gaddag # Friday, August 14, 2009 9:57:01 AM

Sounds good. And as I'm using OM 4.2 it would please me if I wouldn't have to log in here always in 4 steps: (1) change site language to English, (2) save this, (3) change mobile view to full view, (4) log in. My Opera site sw NEVER recognizes its own OM 4.2. So it goes...

santhosh.K.MenonFilmfox # Friday, August 14, 2009 10:15:40 AM

Wow thats really gr8.This is saved my post just now thanks

dennis pashileleponyo # Friday, August 14, 2009 10:22:18 AM

thumbs up! u did it again.

Annaannoushkiss # Friday, August 14, 2009 11:25:14 AM

Very nice new feature! Discovered it yesterday, and at first didn't understand what does it mean..? Instead of one entry I got two, one of which with private access

Now I see

Thank you! The advantages are obvious

Ayesh IceMYLANKA # Friday, August 14, 2009 11:34:13 AM

all great but

Somthing wrong

DonnyQuinnuendo # Friday, August 14, 2009 11:47:29 AM

seems like a good idea.

I used something similar, just in case, when writing longer posts, published my posts as private, then edited them further till they are done, and then putting them up as public

Don't have to do that no more

Tandder Limatandder # Friday, August 14, 2009 11:55:09 AM

Thanks guys!

Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaJurgi # Friday, August 14, 2009 12:15:47 PM

You're just about to hit save before your computer freeze and you've just lost everything!

Nope, it never happened to my current compy, but to the Opera: yes. 9.x can crash, when typing too fast…

Felixclaudeb # Friday, August 14, 2009 12:31:05 PM

Can't remember losing a My Opera blog post due to a crash/freeze, but I've been waiting for a draft feature for a long time. It's useful in many more ways. Good work!

DesuJunku # Friday, August 14, 2009 12:59:10 PM

But remember, you only get a maximum 1.44MB of autosave capacity! Anyway, I never really had a problem with losing posts anywhere really, thanks to Opera's awesome "Back" capabilities.

Also, kudos for blatantly calling out the guy who kept on bugging you about it.

john myko acompañadojohny07 # Friday, August 14, 2009 1:01:15 PM

thank you for all of your comments!!>...">

Marjan KrebeljNikio # Friday, August 14, 2009 1:04:52 PM

Big thumbs UP for this one!!!

Fatimahzenya # Friday, August 14, 2009 1:28:22 PM

great improvements however,
Opera team are always doing great things

Dan Alexandrudantesoft # Friday, August 14, 2009 1:32:28 PM

It doesn't seem to work if you don't set a title for the post, first. Which is pretty much the normal way to blog: write a thoughtful post and then find the best title for it. Right?

I suggest you set "No title" as the default when auto-saving.

PS: @Junku

Caroloperainchicago # Friday, August 14, 2009 1:34:15 PM

So all it takes is a visit to the "O" (Oslo) and the Big "O" (Opera Hq) ?

Andrew Nguyenandrewnguyen # Friday, August 14, 2009 1:38:22 PM

* squeals like a little girl *

Angelikiellinidata # Friday, August 14, 2009 2:03:53 PM

I love it!
http://statics.plurk.com/4f01bac8a707e5450307f97065ec0fa7.gif -

Linhbrokenheartvn # Friday, August 14, 2009 2:10:21 PM

great! I have tried to save post after any important thing added into it, keep it private till finishing. Then i copied all content into a new post. It took pretty much time but to make sure in the case my computer suddenly hates me

. Thanks so much for new feature

Charles SchlossChas4 # Friday, August 14, 2009 2:22:46 PM

yeeliberto # Friday, August 14, 2009 2:32:20 PM

Finally because I had lost some work while working other times.

Khadra Warsame Penh Neangkhadwar_neang_666 # Friday, August 14, 2009 2:49:55 PM

terriffic outstanding excellent feedback

SoehartoSuharto98 # Friday, August 14, 2009 3:25:32 PM

I am trying

Edi RumaropenEdirumaropen # Friday, August 14, 2009 3:32:35 PM

I will

LarassatiLarasgirl # Friday, August 14, 2009 3:40:46 PM

You have much learn, I think.

sorry.

Daniel ahmadtheDaniel007 # Friday, August 14, 2009 3:48:11 PM

Do it again but be carefully. You will

Pattty # Friday, August 14, 2009 4:52:28 PM

Thanks Opera for this, it's really necessary

ewfffff ggreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeebregad # Friday, August 14, 2009 6:32:10 PM

Alexodius PrimeAleksOD # Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:20:37 AM

Finally, something we have all been waiting for! Losing a blog post or two due to crashes has happened to me before, so it is a very welcome upgrade

Øzikzakatak # Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:35:38 AM

so basically if i want any news on opera i should just drop by your office

Ryan McCabermccabe916 # Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:47:37 AM

How about adding this feature to the forums somehow? It's just as annoying of a problem there. Maybe you could link the posts to "Preview Post" or an area in a user's account settings?

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