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ManiacJoe

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3. Composing long posts outside the browser is a good thing.

Reply to Backseat Driver (Original post)

Tue Nov 16, 2021, 03:21 AM

Nov 2021

Besides checking for spelling and grammar errors, web browsers can be less stable with handling user data when dealing with server errors.

403 errors are not related to post lengths.

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How many of you construct your OPs and comments outside of [View all] Backseat Driver Nov 2021 OP

Anything long, I write outside of a web browser CloudWatcher Nov 2021 #1

Many of my replies are composed in Word or Notepad and pasted into progree Nov 2021 #2

Composing long posts outside the browser is a good thing. ManiacJoe Nov 2021 #3

I wish I had this morning. My longest post vanished when i tried to post it, receiving 403 error hlthe2b Nov 2021 #4

I construct here and then cut and paste it right back in Quixote1818 Nov 2021 #5