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kentonv / etherpad-lite

Really real-time collaborative document editing for the rest of us
http://etherpad.org
Apache License 2.0
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confusing failure mode when user doesn't know they are read-only #14

Open jadeqwang opened 8 years ago

jadeqwang commented 8 years ago

Apparently hitting backspace refreshes the grain when you're a read-only viewer on an Etherpad. This was confusing when I was invited to an Etherpad document and I didn't realize that @kentonv only granted me read-only permissions. So as I was trying to edit, highlighting text and hitting backspace, I just kept refreshing the grain. Confused, I tried again, and keep refreshing it.

We should maybe (1) make typical edit action keys (like backspace) not trigger a refresh, and (2) indicate to the user what mode they're in in such a scenario.

kentonv commented 7 years ago

Chrome no longer goes back on backspace, which fixes part of this problem...