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Who it’s for
Someone near the end of a long web form when the page reloads.
On the desktop · it’s out
A reload shouldn’t mean a restart.
For someone near the end of a long web form when the page reloads. Until now, they typed every answer again from the start. DraftBack keeps the answers on their device, and gives them back.
Browser extensionChromium 120 or newerApp 02 of 30Version 0.7.1Free and open source (MIT)
Click the DraftBack icon at the top right of the browser, then Protect this site.
Volunteer application · Harbour Library
apply.harbour-library.example/volunteer/step-2
Harbour LibraryStep 2 of 3
Volunteer application
A made-up library and form. Please use made-up answers too.
Allow DraftBack to read and change your data on apply.harbour-library.example?
Only on this site. You can stop it any time from the DraftBack menu.
DraftBack
A reload shouldn’t mean a restart.
Your unfinished form
Protection is offEnable before filling this application.
Turn on protection, then fill the form normally. No profile needed.
In the real extension, answers are encrypted on this device for 24 hours. Here they live only in this page’s memory and vanish when you leave.
DraftBack is ready · Start filling your form
Temporary · 24 hours · Security fields, consent and custom widgets may be excluded
A simulation with a made-up form, not the extension itself. Nothing is saved to your device and nothing is submitted. The browser, the permission prompt and the reload are imitations.
What it’s for
One unhappy moment, and a small way out of it.
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By hand, until now
They typed every answer again from the start.
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What I built
A browser extension that saves supported form answers on your device as you type, on sites you choose to protect. After a reload you click Restore my answers, check them, and carry on. Nothing is submitted for you.
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Where it is
It’s out: version 0.7.1, App 02 of 30. Free and open source (MIT) for Chromium browsers 120 or newer, installed as an unpacked extension from a ZIP, not from a browser store.
Rough edges
What it can’t do yet, in plain words.
- Turn it on firstProtection must be on before you type, and recovery only works in the same tab on the exact same page.
- Not everywhereNo Safari or Firefox, and some custom fields, embedded forms and file uploads cannot be recovered.
- Left out on purposePasswords, payment and identity numbers, uploads and consent boxes are skipped. That check reads field labels, so it can miss a sensitive question.
Honest line: this is draft recovery, not autofill. You still type everything once; it just saves you typing it twice. It has passed its own regression tests, which is not the same as a success rate on every real portal.