Autosave in ''Snap!''

[alessandrito123]

I wish there was an autosave setting in ''Snap!''

[ego-lay_atman-bay]

I already requested this a while ago

@ego-lay_atman-bay

I was making a project and I accidentally reloaded the page and all my progress wasn't saved, so all my work was lost. please add automatic saving so that when I accidentally reload the page again, all my progress doesn't go away. or whenever you make an edit, it adds your edit to the recover menu.

[bh]

Hi! Welcome to the Snap! Forum.

Yes, we all wish that. It's on the list. One obstacle is reaching agreement between "Emacs-style" autosave (also "Microsoft Word-style"), in which the buffer is autosaved to a different filename so that your actual file doesn't change until you explicitly save to it, and "Google-style" autosave, in which your file changes without you knowing it. I fear I've described them in a way that makes my own preference clear, so in defense of Google, if you want to enable multiple simultaneous editors, it's important to have a "single source of truth": the one file that has everyone's changes in it, rather than my browser autosaving my changes and your browser autosaving yours.

But also of course we have a long list of desiderata.

[donotforgetmycode_sn]

I really don't want Google Docs or Scratch style autosave, but I don't mind the Microsoft Word style autosave

[ego-lay_atman-bay]

The scratch 2 style is different from scratch 3. Scratch 3 auto saves when you are currently not on the tab, and saves every few minutes. I think scratch 2 saved every edit, but idk, I joined scratch near the end of scratch 2.

[cymplecy]

@donotforgetmycode_sn

I really don't want Google Docs or Scratch style autosave, but I don't mind the Microsoft Word style autosave

+1

[r4356th]

@bh

"Google-style" autosave, in which your file changes without you knowing it.

I hate that. Someone may lose their work because of this.