# Preview Test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 19, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059 "2006-10-19T05:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059/1 "2006-10-19T05:33:10Z")
Went to a party the other night All the ladies were treating me right Moving my feet to the disco beat How in the world could I keep my seat ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059/2 "2006-10-19T05:34:18Z")
All of a sudden I began to change I was on the dance floor acting strange Flapping my arms I began to cluck Look at me…I’m the disco duck. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059/3 "2006-10-19T05:35:42Z")
Disco-disco-disco-disco duck ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059/4 "2006-10-19T05:37:05Z")
Disco-disco-disco-disco duck. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059/5 "2006-10-19T05:38:23Z")
And with that, my test is complete. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059/6 "2006-10-19T13:31:11Z")
Yet for the rest of us, the nightmare is just beginning. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059/7 "2006-10-19T14:13:03Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] And with that, my test is complete. [/QUOTE] You will explain, or I will make it my mission to hunt you down and destroy you. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059/8 "2006-10-19T14:58:48Z")
I encountered a tricky looking problem, as follows: I entered a post and clicked on _Preview_. I then added a strategic comma to the post and clicked on the _Submit Message_ button immediately below the _Preview_ window. To my surprise, the strategic comma failed to appear in the completed post. I decided to perform some tests with commas and _Preview_ windows in this forum, where I thought it would be a private matter and that no-one would come in asking about it. While I was creating the OP I thought I could better demonstrate my point (to myself) if I quoted some of the lyrics of _Disco Duck_ (1976) by Rick Dees and his Cast of Idiots. A lot of people underrate this song, and quite rightly too, but in my opinion it has its place in musical history, and no-one can take that away from it. Anyway, my tests proved that pressing the _Submit Message_ button under the _Preview_ window, and pressing either of the _Submit Reply_ buttons, achieved _ **exactly the same results** _. I had, in fact, made a mistake in the strategic comma scenario described above and the comma had, in fact, been a figment of my imagination. This is the only explanation I can come up with right now. If I can possibly think of a better one I’ll let you know. ---
**Author:** ![Ram76114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Ram76114](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ram76114)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059/9 "2006-11-24T18:21:53Z")
I ran across a similar problem on another message board. What I discovered is that after you either add text or correct an error, you must click “Preview” again instead of “Submit.” After you’ve chosen to preview your message, in other words, you must continue to preview it before submitting it. Otherwise, only your previous, uncorrected message will be posted if you skip the preview option and try to submit it directly after editing. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059/10 "2006-11-24T18:37:55Z")
[QUOTE=Ram76114] I ran across a similar problem on another message board. What I discovered is that after you either add text or correct an error, you must click “Preview” again instead of “Submit.” After you’ve chosen to preview your message, in other words, you must continue to preview it before submitting it. Otherwise, only your previous, uncorrected message will be posted if you skip the preview option and try to submit it directly after editing. [/QUOTE] Really? I am unable to reproduce it. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059/11 "2006-11-24T18:39:06Z")
[QUOTE=Nanoda] Really? I am unable to reproduce it. [/QUOTE] At least in that post there. ---
**Author:** ![Ram76114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Ram76114](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ram76114)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-test/377059/12 "2006-11-24T18:47:31Z")
That turned out to be the case on another message board with a set up like this one. And it would explain the problem that Che was describing. I’m new here, though, and my experience with this particular board is limited.