Hey,

I modified my copy of the autosave module to express the interval in minutes

I changed the Drupal.autosaveAttach function in autosave.js to assign period like so:
period = Drupal.settings.autosave['period']*6000;

and changed the text in the module file to refer to minutes rather than milliseconds. This improves the usability (at least for me) because I am unlikely to _ever_ have an autosave that is less than one minute in granularity, and it means i don't have to pull out the calculator when i want to change from 2 minutes to 3 minutes.

Another suggestion would be to pop up a small animated graphic (or even greyed out text) saying "Auto saving..." when it puts the request in, since sometimes you are talking to a webserver that is far off, and it is nice to know that it has attempted to autosave.

Nice job though, the functionality is really cool, and it is a must have feature for drupal ;)

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edmund.kwok’s picture

Hi, thanks for the suggestions. I will look into this after Dec 14th and add these enhancements. Meanwhile, do participate in our discussion in http://drupal.org/node/156036 on how autosaved can do greater things :)

edmund.kwok’s picture

Version: master » 5.x-2.x-dev
Status: Active » Fixed

This is changed to seconds in the 5.x-2.x branch :) Follow the discussion at http://drupal.org/node/156036.

Anonymous’s picture

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.