[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13942: Logged-out notice in post edit page is easily missed

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#13942: Logged-out notice in post edit page is easily missed
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 Reporter:  RanYanivHartstein  |       Owner:                
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Editor             |     Version:  3.0           
 Severity:  normal             |    Keywords:  ux-feedback   
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Description changed by lloydbudd:

Old description:

> When a user gets logged out during post editing, a small warning appears
> bellow the post editor, next to the word count. This warning states that
> changes will not be saved until user logs in again - but it's a small
> notice and is very easily missed.
>
> Since this can be potentially catastrophic for users writing long posts
> while relying on auto-save, a bigger and more prominent notice probably
> makes more sense.
>
> === Repro ===
>
> ENV: WP 3.0
>
> This bug can be reproduced in WordPress 3.0 by opening two tabs – one tab
> with a blog’s Dashboard, and another tab with the same blog’s New Post
> page. In the Dashboard, click Logout, then switch to the New Post tab.
> Here, enter any text in the post’s title, then hit Tab to switch to the
> editor. This will trigger the permalink preview, which will in turn
> trigger the notice about being logged out: “ALERT: You are logged out!
> Could not save draft. Please log in again.”
>
> === Additional Details ===
>
> The notice comes from wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, in line 36.

New description:

 When a user gets logged out during post editing, a small warning appears
 bellow the post editor, next to the word count. This warning states that
 changes will not be saved until user logs in again - but it's a small
 notice and is very easily missed.

 Since this can be potentially catastrophic for users writing long posts
 while relying on auto-save, a bigger and more prominent notice probably
 makes more sense.

 === Repro ===

 ENV: WP 3.0

 This bug can be reproduced in WordPress 3.0 by opening two tabs – one tab
 with a blog’s Dashboard, and another tab with the same blog’s New Post
 page. In the Dashboard, click Logout, then switch to the New Post tab.
 Here, enter any text in the post’s title, then hit Tab to switch to the
 editor. This will trigger the permalink preview, which will in turn
 trigger the notice about being logged out: “ALERT: You are logged out!
 Could not save draft. Please log in again.”

 === Additional Details ===

 The notice comes from wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, in line 36.

 Currently behavior was introduced by #7630, where it was already noted
 "maybe something more obvious needed"

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