Safari/MT Bug

posted on october 29, 2003, tag: software

A long time ago I noticed a bug in Safari when using Movable Type. Today, Todd Dominey was a victim of the bug, so I figured I would write up a quick description so you can avoid it.

Unfortunately, due to the fact that I am away from home right now, I cannot do reduction in Safari (on a PC here). I will do this later tonight to see if I can pin down exactly what's causing it:

After deleting a comment from Movable Type, MT redirects you to the Edit Entry page for the entry associated with said comment.

In Safari (1.0/1.1), this often causes comment text to replace the Entry Body textarea of the edit page. If you then accidentally or intentionally hit the Save button, your entry will be replaced with that comment text.

To avoid this, do not hit Save. Instead, use the Rebuild Site link on the left side of the page.

I'm not sure if this is specifically a Safari bug, but I would assume it is because this does not happen in any other browser. Expect reduction this evening.