Suggestion: Quote button

MuzzleBlast · January 18, 2002, 11:40 AM

On the 1911 forum, each message has a Quote button on it. If you want to respond to the message, the Quote button opens up the Reply form with the original message automatically there inside quote tags. How come there isn't a Quote button here?

TheBluesMan · January 18, 2002, 01:19 PM

When The Firing Line used UBB software, there *was* a quote button. Unfortunately, many members would use that button (often quoting the post that had appeared directly above them) every single time they posted. Sometimes, members would re-quote entire posts, just to add one sentence to the conversation. This increased the noise to signal ratio of the threads considerably.

If you would like to quote a previous post, or a part of one, there is an easy way to do it.

Highlight the part of the post you would like to quote.
Copy the text by pressing <ctrl><c> (or <cmd><c> on a Mac)
Click the "Reply" button
Click the "Quote" button just above the text entry area.
Paste the saved text into the popup and click OK.

Add you comments at the bottom and then hit "Submit Reply."

HTH!

-Dave

**Mike Irwin** · January 18, 2002, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Unfortunately, many members would use that button (often
quoting the post that had appeared directly above them) every single time they posted. Sometimes, members would re-quote entire
posts...

Guilty as charged.

C.R.Sam · January 18, 2002, 03:39 PM

Yeah....the way it is saves a lot of thread space.

Sam

TheBluesMan · January 18, 2002, 06:21 PM

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Yeah....the way it is saves a lot of thread space.

Sam

I agree Sam, it does save a lot of space; and I always got annoyed when people would re-quote the post right before them...

@Mike

January 18, 2002, 11:40 AM	#1
MuzzleBlast Senior Member Join Date: September 11, 2001 Location: Arkansas. Much better place since Bill and Hillary went home. Posts: 1,041	Suggestion: Quote button On the 1911 forum, each message has a Quote button on it. If you want to respond to the message, the Quote button opens up the Reply form with the original message automatically there inside quote tags. How come there isn't a Quote button here? __________________ Molwn labe!

January 18, 2002, 01:19 PM	#2
TheBluesMan Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 15, 1999 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,558	When The Firing Line used UBB software, there was a quote button. Unfortunately, many members would use that button (often quoting the post that had appeared directly above them) every single time they posted. Sometimes, members would re-quote entire posts, just to add one sentence to the conversation. This increased the noise to signal ratio of the threads considerably. If you would like to quote a previous post, or a part of one, there is an easy way to do it. Highlight the part of the post you would like to quote. Copy the text by pressing <ctrl><c> (or <cmd><c> on a Mac) Click the "Reply" button Click the "Quote" button just above the text entry area. Paste the saved text into the popup and click OK. Add you comments at the bottom and then hit "Submit Reply." HTH! -Dave

January 18, 2002, 03:39 PM	#4
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Yeah....the way it is saves a lot of thread space. Sam