567: Logged off in the background, comments not saved and not obvious

dbe****@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.)
Dec. 28, 2008 
I had a review open for a couple of days and was slowly adding comments. At
some point I clicked on something and discovered I wasn't logged in any
more. When I logged in and went back to the page, a few of the most recent
comments weren't there any more.

Somehow I got logged out, which isn't terrible, but either there was no
notification that my comment's weren't being saved when I clicked ok, or
(more likely) it was in that bar at the top of the screen which I couldn't see.

I think the UI could be improved a bit by putting those errors in a place
where the user is more likely to see them. Some options are:
* Right below the comment box. This could be instead of or in addition to
at the top.
* In some kind of hovering thing which always is visible no matter where
the user is scrolled to.

What operating system are you using? What browser?
Kubuntu 8.04. Firefox 3.0.1.
chipx86
#1 chipx86 
We've changed the logout time and when we update the VMware server (I'm assuming
you're at VMware) it'll keep you logged in for a year at a time.

Your comments should still all be there. Did you hit Back or did you reload the page?
  • +NeedInfo
#2 dbe****@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.) 
I am at vmware. First I hit back, and I had the not logged in view of the review.
Then I logged in and reloaded the page.
david
#3 david 
This has since been fixed.
  • -NeedInfo
    +Fixed