I am an ardent supporter of any project on this blockchain and will give anyone the benefit of the doubt.
That said, it does not take much to lose my support and Busy.org just did.
One of the nice features, so I thought, of that application was that it autosaved the drafts when someone wrote an article. In this day and age, it isn't that much of an accomplishment since you consider some browsers do that. Nevertheless, it is a handy feature when you are posting.
That is, until the feature doesn't work.
I was in the process of writing a post, had to change tabs, only to click on the wrong button, and lost a 1,500 word post.
I thought, okay, I will just go into the drafts and pull it back up. The thought was I might lose a few of the paragraphs at the end.
This is what I found when I went into the drafts section....
Two days? Are you kidding me?
This feature has been unaddressed for two days?
I am sorry, but to me, that is completely unacceptable. People spend a lot of time creating posts and, often, have to jump around within a browser or go to the desk to add other content. Whatever people have to do, there is the chance that a tab could get closed or a back button hit.
If the feature is not going to work, it is best not to have it.
I will have no problem openly promoting an application and urging people to use it. As I stated, I will even cut the apps some slack understanding technical challenges can arise especially when new. Yesterday, I wrote a post about parley.io and how I love the idea of a true Reddit competitor with similar layout. Since it is a new project, I am stating this knowing there will be some hiccups along the way.
However, Busy.org is not a new application and is meant to be an option to Steemit. When one is losing posts, to me, that makes an interface a lot less attractive.
As per my norm, I will visit Busy.org again in a few months to see if they got their act together. Until then, all my articles will be written on Steemit. At least there I know that the article is autosaved in there.
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