It's nice that you are returned to the preferences page after saving, but without any information about if it actually got saved I think more people than me will save once more just in case, at least the first couple of times.
Just a note in red at the top of the page would be enough, or maybe next to the button.
Also, why not save using AJAX and just update the page with the info, and possible with warnings as well. Not that important though, but could be a nice addition for a future version.
Rick
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Loc: Aberdeen, WA
This will be in the next checkin, not the AJAX part, but at least a notification.
Concerning AJAX. We'll definitely be utilizing more of this as we go along. Any page that can take advantage of it will see some AJAX in it. Like rating a user, etc. These types of things, a page reload is just wasted bandwidth.
Also, concerining AJAX, have you thought about automatic saving of drafts when writing post like in gmail? I've thought about writing a mod for it but haven't got around to it yet.
While you are typing the text in the text boxed is saved regularly, so if you leave the page without actually hitting cancel or send it will stay saved as a message draft. This can be clicked to continue writing on the message later on.
Basically it can be used to take a break while typing a message to continue it on the next day, but my favorite use for it is to not loose the entire message if the browser crashes, or if you by mistake close the page or your internet connection is lost.
I'm not sure if gmail can save more than one draft, but I think it would be enough to just have the latest written message saved until it has been saved or cancelled, or another message is written, without choosing to re-edit the draft.
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