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I just lost an hour and a half of my life filling out an online form only to
have the session time out and website force me to relog in. Except after I
relogged in, the data I filled in was gone. Even going Back didn't work.

I stopped using Firefox, decided that I'd try IE8 that came with Windows 7.
While it seems smoother to use, it is way behind Firefox in terms of helpful
functionality.

That's one feature in Firefox that Microsoft needs to adapt ASAP if they
want to keep up in the browser wars.

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Hi Matt,

Leave FX long enough and it too will log you off from a site. Web sites
control how long they keep you logged in (session timeout).

Regards.

"MatthiasF" <> wrote in message
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> I just lost an hour and a half of my life filling out an online form only
> to
> have the session time out and website force me to relog in. Except after I
> relogged in, the data I filled in was gone. Even going Back didn't work.
>
> I stopped using Firefox, decided that I'd try IE8 that came with Windows
> 7.
> While it seems smoother to use, it is way behind Firefox in terms of
> helpful
> functionality.
>
> That's one feature in Firefox that Microsoft needs to adapt ASAP if they
> want to keep up in the browser wars.
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...plorer.general
>

I'm aware of that. I wasn't aware that Internet Explorer 8 will dump form
information when this happens. I never had the problem in my four years of
using FireFox.

"rob^_^" wrote:

> Hi Matt,
>
> Leave FX long enough and it too will log you off from a site. Web sites
> control how long they keep you logged in (session timeout).
>
> Regards.
>

I have the same experience with Firefox.

And I've wasted an hour and a half of my life on much less worthwhile
things. ;-)
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

MatthiasF wrote:
> I just lost an hour and a half of my life filling out an online form only to
> have the session time out and website force me to relog in. Except after I
> relogged in, the data I filled in was gone. Even going Back didn't work.
>
> I stopped using Firefox, decided that I'd try IE8 that came with Windows 7.
> While it seems smoother to use, it is way behind Firefox in terms of helpful
> functionality.
>
> That's one feature in Firefox that Microsoft needs to adapt ASAP if they
> want to keep up in the browser wars.
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...plorer.general

Maybe you just need to type faster (or Work Offline while you're filling-out
such long forms)?

MatthiasF wrote:
> I just lost an hour and a half of my life filling out an online form only
> to
> have the session time out and website force me to relog in. Except after I
> relogged in, the data I filled in was gone. Even going Back didn't work.
>
> I stopped using Firefox, decided that I'd try IE8 that came with Windows
> 7.
> While it seems smoother to use, it is way behind Firefox in terms of
> helpful
> functionality.
>
> That's one feature in Firefox that Microsoft needs to adapt ASAP if they
> want to keep up in the browser wars.