Forum:Preview mode: "no changes saved yet!" - unpopular, infuriating and seriously flawed

Every regular wikia editor will sooner or later encounter the [in]famous Preview Mode, where Wikia tells you that "no changes saved yet!" will full enthusiasm and asked you to "scroll down" to "continue editing" when you've already done all your intended edit when you pressed the publish button earlier.

I found this feature very annoying. It destroys one's anticipation, raises your blood pressure and, for those who care about edit summaries, must type them again. I usually fill it with cursed words to yours truly. Why is this feature here in the first place? What in the MediaWiki's internal workings stop the edit from being published, and necessitates for such 'preview' be present?

That's not the end of it! On almost every case where I was 'told' to "scroll down" to "continue editing", there was not even a scroll bar to scroll down to, large chunks of the page mysteriously vanished into thin air! I have had the misfortune of pressing the publish button on one of these 'preview' modes, not realizing that a large chunk of the page at the bottom have vanished until a few months later when I happen to take a look at the page.

So dear Wikia,

Why do you have to include this feature? What do you see fit of asking people to continue when they're done with it? You're shortening my life expectancy every time it appears, and you can't even make it work right.

Anyone else have had one of these sinister encounters? —mfaizsyahmi (talk) 14:39, September 21, 2012 (UTC)
 * Yup. Incase you want a quick reply from staff about why it exists, use this page. 14:53, September 21, 2012 (UTC)