Problem with application form

[Guest]

I applied to become an category editor, and carefully filled out the application. However, after I pressed "submit", the message came back saying that the username was already taken and I should press the back button. When I did, all of the information I carefully filled in was lost. Isn't there a way to go back and choose a new user name WITHOUT having to once again fill in the entire form??? Now I have to go back and recreate everything I typed in.... If I do it at all, I'm so disgusted.

[dstanovic]

<<Isn't there a way to go back and choose a new user name WITHOUT having to once again fill in the entire form??? >>

 

No /images/icons/frown.gif

Best to type all of your application data into a document and then copy and paste into the application form. If anything goes wrong with submitting the form you can easily re-apply.

 

Dave

P.S. Your information should "not" have been lost when choosing your browsers back button.

[theseeker]

>>Your information should "not" have been lost when choosing your browsers back button. <<

 

Depends on the browser, the operating system, the settings (if the browser is set to refresh the page every time then the back button is like back + refresh), plus a common windows problem is the cache get full, and it doesn't always make room automatically.

[lissa]

You can see all the existing editor names in http://dmoz.org/Bookmarks/ . Each editor gets a personal category for play/practice, and the categories remain even if the editor account is no longer active.

[mcdutchie]

It's a browser thing. I also write everything down in a separate text file and save it before copying/pasting it into the form.

 

Think of it this way, second attempts are usually of better quality. /images/icons/smile.gif

[Guest]

I understand that pressing the "back" button doesn't always work... I used to use a text file to edit my responses in a form....back in 1998.... Nowadays most forms I fill out will repost the form, along with the input just posted, and even focus back to the item in question.... Anyway, I used a text file, and signed up for a category....