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Old December 26, 2000, 08:18 PM   #1
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Like the title says, I usually just cut and past. But a lot of folks have a quote in either regular type or bold bracketed by horizontal bars.

Also, how do I change my font to bold or italics?
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Old December 26, 2000, 08:47 PM   #2
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Old December 26, 2000, 09:08 PM   #3
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Old December 27, 2000, 10:49 AM   #4
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Other boards I frequent that use Ultimate BBS software have the "Reply With Quote" feature turned on. Is there some reason why TFL chooses not to use this?

Also, I find the "Preview Message" button to be more of a nuisance than anything. I'd rather just have the "Submit".

My two cents.
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Old December 27, 2000, 11:18 AM   #5
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From TheBluesMan:

The problem with that "red arrow button" was that some used it to quote, in its entirety, the post immediately previous to theirs. This was nothing more than a waste of thread space and bandwidth.
And it isn't necessary to use the Preview button, just use the Submit one and it will post without previewing.
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Old December 27, 2000, 11:21 AM   #6
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David, the Reply with Quote is worth exactly what you just paid for it, perhaps a little less. We have had several discussions on the worthlessness of it. That feechur is, as you said, a UBB feechur. This board doesn't use UBB, it uses vB.

I tend to agree with you about the Preview Message button, so I simply don't use it. You could try the same tack, then it will no longer be a nuisance, just a non-functional button sitting on your screen.
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Old January 12, 2001, 06:40 PM   #7
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On the other hand...

I really appreciate the preview... it tends to solve some one-finger typing problems. BUT what I really appreciate is that quick edit capability that doesn't leave tracks. That - I really like.

There I did it again - see what I mean?

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