Quote:
I don't think the post monster eats them at random.

It does not. As you surmised, it's time based.

Quote:
The only ones I have ever lost were where I had the creation window open for an extended time -- say 15 minutes or more.

You mean like the ones you put an extra amount of effort into writing, possibly looking up sources, arguing with yourself about the right wording, making sure that your argument was correct? The exact ones that are the most difficult to recreate?

I'm talking with Tom to see if he can modify the timeout page so that it includes instructions , or, probably even better, a link to instructions, on how to recover, ONCE YOU HAVE THE EXTENSION INSTALLED!!! Install it! Once you install it, which doesn't take much time or effort, the recovery basically amounts to:
  1. Click Back
  2. Activate the plugin
  3. Click forward
  4. Find your text and copy it
  5. Click back
  6. Paste
  7. Submit
That's it.

If you don't want to use it, that's fine. But don't encourage others not to.
_________________________
Bitt Faulk