Time out
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- geofflambert
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Time out
This is a complaint about the Matrix site signing us off prematurely. It seems like the time you are allowed to be logged in has been shrinking mightily and I was just logged off while composing (a very important, perhaps earth shaking post [:D]) so that when I attempted to post it it was lost. That's all.
RE: Time out
I don't have any control about that, but when that was happening before (and on another site with a short timeout), I highlight and hit Ctrl+C before clicking OK. If it timed out on me, all I have to do is log back in and hit Ctrl+V to paste what I wrote.
Bill
Bill
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- RogerJNeilson
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RE: Time out
I have been caught by that before, and not just on this site. Its a common timeout feature. Depending on which browser you use the addon Lazarus is a very useful thing to have installed.
Roger
Roger
An unplanned dynasty: Roger Neilson, Roger Neilson 11, Roger Neilson 3 previous posts 898+1515 + 1126 = 3539.....Finally completed my game which started the day WITP:AE was released
RE: Time out
Ctrl+A will select everything in the text window. So I do Ctrl+A then Ctrl+C then click OK.ORIGINAL: wdolson
I don't have any control about that, but when that was happening before (and on another site with a short timeout), I highlight and hit Ctrl+C before clicking OK. If it timed out on me, all I have to do is log back in and hit Ctrl+V to paste what I wrote.
Bill
For my AAR posts I use a text editor anyway. BTW Notepad++ is free and really good.
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- RogerJNeilson
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RE: Time out
Always best to compose in a text editor not on the forum then copy and paste.... but there's a world of difference between what you 'should do' and what you do do - in my case. Lol.
Roger
Roger
An unplanned dynasty: Roger Neilson, Roger Neilson 11, Roger Neilson 3 previous posts 898+1515 + 1126 = 3539.....Finally completed my game which started the day WITP:AE was released
RE: Time out
I compose my AAR offline using Open Office, log onto the forum and then drag and drop. Of course all bold, italic, etc. must then be redone. I never suffer the time out this way.
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2080768
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2080768
RE: Time out
I'm having issues posting with the Fast Reply down at the bottom. Even if I just loaded the page, every time I try to use Fast Reply it tells me I timed out. Have to go 'Back' and copy, then paste into 'Post Reply'. This just started happening yesterday or the day before.
RE: Time out
I use, when i finished to write evey post, Re or as starting Thread, to right click and copy my messages. Since i write in several forums i noticed that in 60% of them the time to write is short.
Right click to be sure i don't need to rewrite, than Enter. If the page close the door i repoened it and paste the same message.
Easy and clean...
Right click to be sure i don't need to rewrite, than Enter. If the page close the door i repoened it and paste the same message.
Easy and clean...
RE: Time out
Odd, in ten years I have never timed out in spite of some very lengthy diatribes. Perhaps they are sending you a message....[;)]
I am the Holy Roman Emperor and am above grammar.
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- geofflambert
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RE: Time out
[:@] grrrrr.ORIGINAL: crsutton
Odd, in ten years I have never timed out in spite of some very lengthy diatribes. Perhaps they are sending you a message....[;)]
Perhaps your son-in-law is the site administrator?
RE: Time out
The differences people are seeing may have something to do with different browsers and/or different operating systems.
But then I ran into problems posting this...
Bill
But then I ran into problems posting this...
Bill
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- geofflambert
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RE: Time out
I'm just sayin' all the amazing magnum opuses I've written have been lost to history because of this and because I can't remember what it was I was writing about. [:D]
- RogerJNeilson
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RE: Time out
Coleridge had the same problem....
Roger
Roger
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- Bullwinkle58
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RE: Time out
ORIGINAL: wdolson
The differences people are seeing may have something to do with different browsers and/or different operating systems.
But then I ran into problems posting this...
Bill
I've had a number of time-outs since I updated to IE10. Also fonts changes, button 3-D changes, etc.
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RE: Time out
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: wdolson
The differences people are seeing may have something to do with different browsers and/or different operating systems.
But then I ran into problems posting this...
Bill
I've had a number of time-outs since I updated to IE10. Also fonts changes, button 3-D changes, etc.
I use Chrome. So far no problems. I do tend to use an editor if my post is not what I consider a quick response such as this posting.
TTFN,
Mike
Mike
RE: Time out
I've gotten them in different browsers. Not here that I have seen so far, but where I had a bad Internet connection I would get them mostly when the connection was bad. I think it's the link between you and Matrix, not the browser.
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RE: Time out
My browsers haven't changed at all.
My suspicion is that it's the Matrix servers and/or the connection to them, as I frequently have issues loading the page only to have it work on the second try. It's like packets are getting lost, but I haven't checked that as it's just a forum...
My suspicion is that it's the Matrix servers and/or the connection to them, as I frequently have issues loading the page only to have it work on the second try. It's like packets are getting lost, but I haven't checked that as it's just a forum...
- Bullwinkle58
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RE: Time out
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
My browsers haven't changed at all.
My suspicion is that it's the Matrix servers and/or the connection to them, as I frequently have issues loading the page only to have it work on the second try. It's like packets are getting lost, but I haven't checked that as it's just a forum...
I have to do a manual Refresh to get the next page to load in about 10-20% of the page shifts. This has been so for along time, maybe since the last time the forum software was updated.
The Moose
RE: Time out
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
My browsers haven't changed at all.
My suspicion is that it's the Matrix servers and/or the connection to them, as I frequently have issues loading the page only to have it work on the second try. It's like packets are getting lost, but I haven't checked that as it's just a forum...
I have to do a manual Refresh to get the next page to load in about 10-20% of the page shifts. This has been so for along time, maybe since the last time the forum software was updated.
This sounds like my experience. A lot of times even the refresh doesn't work, as if it's continually timing out. Can be frustrating when I have a lot of posts to catch up on, as when the refresh doesn't work it's usually/sometimes because it does something funky with the URL. However, if I stop the browser from attempting to load the page, it preserves the URL and then I can try a regular refresh until it works.
- geofflambert
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RE: Time out
ORIGINAL: Roger Neilson 3
Coleridge had the same problem....
Roger
Coleridge? But I haven't had the advantage of opium. I'm just naturally forg... what was that I was just saying? Where the heck am I, anyway?







