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Default action after "Submit"

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After submitting a new post, a reply, or editing a previous post, I am given two clickable choices:
View your submitted message
Return to the forum last visited

I hate work. And I hate clicking when I don't have to.
Might we have a consensus on which of the two options is most likely to satisfy users as a default, and have the board do that?
My perspective: No matter how often I Preview, it is not until after a Submit that I find the last error, so for me, I always want to "View my submitted message".
If 95% of you feel the same way, it might make sense to make this a default action.
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If you wait a couple of seconds it automatically returns to the thread that you posted in. I would be happy if it just went straight back to the thread without showing that message.
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TonyE wrote:If you wait a couple of seconds it automatically returns to the thread that you posted in. I would be happy if it just went straight back to the thread without showing that message.
I agree! It's a painful few seconds. :sad: Yet these little quips seem so miniscule by comparison... :grin:
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VegasNath wrote:Yet these little quips seem so miniscule by comparison... :grin:
Minuscule, please!

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John Gray wrote:
VegasNath wrote:Yet these little quips seem so miniscule by comparison... :grin:
Minuscule, please!

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TonyE wrote:...I would be happy if it just went straight back to the thread without showing that message.
The admins discussed this issue when we were testing the software. I believe the outcome was that the software needs those few seconds to stabilise and so can't just transfer you directly to the new post.
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TonyE wrote:If you wait a couple of seconds ...
Got it! THANKS
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VegasNath wrote:I love the amount of effort put into that post. :laugh:
It's ma job!

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StuartR wrote:The admins discussed this issue when we were testing the software. I believe the outcome was that the software needs those few seconds to stabilise and so can't just transfer you directly to the new post.
That's OK, I can use those seconds to learn to speak another language. I am planning on re-learning French :grin:
C'est OK, je peux avoir l'habitude ces secondes d'apprendre à dire une autre langue. Je compte réapprendre le Français
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C'est OK, je peux avoir l'habitude ces secondes d'apprendre à dire une autre langue. Je compte réapprendre l'Anglais :blackteeth:
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HansV wrote:C'est OK, je peux avoir l'habitude ces secondes d'apprendre à dire une autre langue. Je compte réapprendre l'Anglais :blackteeth:
Another case of deja lu?
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HansV wrote:C'est OK, je peux avoir l'habitude ces secondes d'apprendre à dire une autre langue. Je compte réapprendre l'Anglais :blackteeth:
Quoi, personne ne s'intéresse en suédois? :weep:
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Min svenska är redan perfekt - men inte riktigt ... :evilgrin:
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HansV wrote:Min svenska är redan perfekt - men inte riktigt ... :evilgrin:
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