Ah yes, one of the failings of modern UI design: that things you
   write or do can disappear poof without a trace. Its a complaint
   I've had from the early days of computing; why should a piece of
   paper be so permanent and yet something on a computer be so
   transient?* Textboxes on webpages are particularly annoying.* So
   many words can be written, but an accidental backspace press
   while the wrong area of the screen is momentarily in focus and
   blammo - no retrieval possible. There's a few experimental
   concepts being tried out to mitigate that; Wordpress has its
   autosave.* Google Docs has incorporated a nice GIT style
   transaction saving for every letter you press.* I should make
   use of this but don't.* Still glad they're doing it. Facebook
   throws a little javascript up at you: "Are you sure you want to
   leave this page?" in case there is a snafu.* G+ could easily do
   the same.* Fundamentally though, I'd still like every letter I
   type to have the potential to be as permanent as a typed letter
   on paper at the very least, with anything I do on the computer.
   Of course I could install a keylogger myself but really, I think
   it should be built-in, no fuss needed.* Oh well; who would've
   thought a document retrieval/page layout system would have
   become the main interface for everything?* I remember when HTML
   was a novelty.* Even then, I didn't like the textboxes and
   preferred command-line and versioning yet never became nerdy
   enough for Emacs and stuff.