For context - I mainly use mumsnet via a chrome browser on a samsung android phone. I have no idea if the problems I have a unique to this combo or are more universal.
I keep losing posts that I have spent ages typing. It's very frustrating. There are two main reasons and possible development solutions to prevent them.
Most common reason is that sometimes a slight keyboard fumble can cause something to change on screen - eg shifting position on the sofa and suddenly the keyboard at the foot of the screen is gone and your finger which was aiming to press one of the suggested words inadvertently presses one of the links at the bottom of the page (typically the one about baby names this week) and there is nothing to be done to correct the mistake - the unwanted page loads and everything written is lost. this could be prevented with an "are you sure" confirmation required if you try to navigate away from a page with an unsubmitted text box containing data. Lots of websites have this feature.
Second most common reason - on a train particularly, if you happen to be in a patch of low signal the moment you submit the post, the page just freezes and never submits the post. It is impossible to retrieve the post at that point. this may be at least partly preventable if there was some kind of autosave draft feature possibly? It wouldn't help if you were permanently in a no-signal area but if you had patchy signal you might have at least some of the lost post saved.
Thank you!