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ikjadoon
Bronze Contributor
Jul 10, 2019

Feature Request: native text recovery for forms/text boxes (Lazarus, Typio, Textarea Cache)

TL;DR: Native text recovery would be an excellent default browser feature (like native pop-up blocking) and shouldn't require extensions.    Ever type a long passage into a browser's text box and t...
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Elliot Kirk
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Jul 15, 2019

ikjadoon, this is an interesting problem area.  I will send this thread to the sync team, as they have already built a secure channel for saving user content.  Thank you for sending it to us. - Elliot

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    ikjadoon
    Bronze Contributor
    Feb 05, 2021

    Elliot Kirk 

     

    A friendly bump for native text recovery. If people like this feature request, send a smiley (Alt+Shift+I, "I" as Indigo), drop a comment, or give a thumbs up: it might encourage the Edge team to look at this feature again.

     

    I'm thankful to see the sync team shipping history & tab syncing to the stable branch. 

     

     

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    ikjadoon
    Bronze Contributor
    Jul 16, 2019

    Elliot Kirk Oh, that'd be ideal.

     

    For sure: we have "autosave" functionality in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook drafts, these forums etc. I think bringing "Autosave" functionality to the wider web would be an unexpectedly small, but useful addition.

     

    Perhaps if more people are interested!

     

     

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