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To: arthur pritchard who wrote (80342)	11/15/1998 2:07:00 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Losing a post while writing happens rather often for me too.If you really don't want to write an important one over again, you could try to write it on the 'Composer' (lower right icon on Win 95 screen). witch seldom crashes. When done, "copy" it and go "back" to the post you were responding to and paste it. If you want to look at the post you are responding to while writing, copy the post first and then go to Composer and 'paste' it Anyway, good luck Sig

To: arthur pritchard who wrote (80342)	11/15/1998 2:20:00 AM
From: freeus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

I know this is extra work: but you could write it on Msft word and then recopy onto the message of S.I. That way you would have it. Sometimes SI malfunctions and loses our messages, or just wont send them and then they are lost. Once a message is sent, even private messages, you can review it when the person writes you back by clicking on the 'who wrote'part of their name and then your old note will come back. Sometimes "who wrote" is not there and then you cant review it. I know what you mean though: sometimes a lot of thought goes into these messages: when I know I've spent a lot of time answering something, I print it out before sending it so I have it: sometimes I print out what someone writes me too, so I can think about it before anwering as some take a lot of thought. These people we write to on these boards...they really become friends dont they? Its so nice to really meet them in person. None of them has ever disappointed (me anyway). Best wishes. Sleep well. Freeus

To: arthur pritchard who wrote (80342)	11/15/1998 3:13:00 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

arthur - if you have the 'preview' checkbox checked, then when you press 'submit' SI creates a new web page with your spelling errors highlighted. But this has another effect - it caches the page, with all of those wonderful words, and you can use the 'back' and 'forward' functions on your browser to get them back if they disappear. You can use this periodically to 'save' what you have typed so far, even if you are not done. Some browsers (like IE4) also cache locally. So get in the habit of hitting 'submit' every paragraph or so, then 'edit' to get back to typing, and you will only stand to lose a few sentences at most. These are just temporary cache pages though, so they go away after a while, faster if there is a lot of traffic. But they seem to be stable for 15-20 minutes even if things are busy. I have had exactly the same problem as you with the touch pad, they can be very sensitive even to a bump on the side of the laptop. But I like the intuitive way they work, so I guess I prefer it to the 'blue button' or to trackballs (which get dirty and quit working).