Shadab
Tue 27th Oct '09, 11:49am
1. Try to make successive multiple posts using quick reply. (within ~30 seconds)
2. Or, Edit an existing post using quick edit, empty the post-text and try to [Save] it.
In both the cases, an HTTP POST request is made and errors in XML format are returned.
(Flood control error in 1st case, and message too short error in the 2nd)
But the errors are not actually being shown anywhere (for eg. a messagebox).
The end-user is left wondering what's really happened.
Response in Case1:
Response in Case2:
EDIT:
I tested this on Firefox 3.5.3 - Windows XP.