Quote button?

[ButMadNNW]

Last few days, I'm noticing that when I hit "Quote" on a post where the person already quoted a previous post, my "Post Reply" window has the new text, but not the quoted portion.

Just wondering, is this a technical error or an intentional change? If it's the latter, I'd personally like it changed back; quoting, used properly, really helps the flow of conversation. I can understand it being annoying when someone quotes the entire 2-page post and just adds, "I agree," but in other cases, quoting is a good thing.

[Blaze]

See, and I feel the opposite way.  You can alter a quote when you quote, so I found it is better to go to the original post when quoting quotes. 

It has also saved me a lot of deleting when I want to respond to the person's comment and not need the quote they cited.

[King of De Nile]

Last few days, I'm noticing that when I hit "Quote" on a post where the person already quoted a previous post, my "Post Reply" window has the new text, but not the quoted portion.

Just wondering, is this a technical error or an intentional change? If it's the latter, I'd personally like it changed back; quoting, used properly, really helps the flow of conversation. I can understand it being annoying when someone quotes the entire 2-page post and just adds, "I agree," but in other cases, quoting is a good thing.

I agree.




Sorry, couldn't resist. I noticed it as well, and the jury's still out for me on the change. On the one hand, it is nice to not have to trim out the older quotes, but sometimes I like those there. Has anyone tried quoting a post with imbedded quotes rather than direct quotes, or multiple quotes in one post? How is that being handled?

[jtaylor]

I prefer the old way of doing it. I can trim the excess on my own if I want to, but I like having the option of it being there. This is especially true if you are having a discussion on multiple points. and want to break up the quote to deal with each point separately.

[ButMadNNW]

See, and I feel the opposite way.  You can alter a quote when you quote, so I found it is better to go to the original post when quoting quotes.

But when there's a back-and-forth, and the person before you quoted the post, then doesn't go into detail about what they're responding to, and you respond to them without a lot of detail, it's easy (for me, anyway) to lose track of what was originally being talked about. Besides, being able to quote and then not have to go into detail saves on repetition: "Remember when Blaze said....".

It has also saved me a lot of deleting when I want to respond to the person's comment and not need the quote they cited.

*shrugs* I don't mind deleting. But then, I also type in my own coding most of the time, rather than using the buttons. I must just like making more work for myself. LOL

I agree.

LOL!

On the one hand, it is nice to not have to trim out the older quotes, but sometimes I like those there.

*nods* Like I said, it helps in back-and-forth discussion, or when posts in a discussion build on previous comments. But it IS annoying when someone quotes the whole post, then responds vaguely without specifying to what they are responding. Trimming is helpful.

Has anyone tried quoting a post with imbedded quotes rather than direct quotes, or multiple quotes in one post? How is that being handled?

Last time I tried quoting a post where the respondant had broken up the post they'd quoted (as I'm doing here), my "Post reply" window still just had the new text, which was a tad confusing.

I prefer the old way of doing it. I can trim the excess on my own if I want to, but I like having the option of it being there. This is especially true if you are having a discussion on multiple points. and want to break up the quote to deal with each point separately.

Thanks. At least I know it's not just me.

[Blaze]

You young whipper snappers who can write your own code!  8 D  If I wrote code it would be Aramaic I'm so out of date.  LOL

I'm not married to the new use of the Quote button.  I can delete with the best of them. 

I love being able to highlight and click, though... so don''t take that away!

[ButMadNNW]

You young whipper snappers who can write your own code!

Well, don't be too impressed - all I meant by "code" in that usage was that instead of using the buttons above the Post Reply box, I simply type in the [ b ] or [ quote ] or [ img ] tags. My other board uses the same tags (and has an annoying habit of putting whatever tag at the END of your post instead of where you intended it to be), so I'm used to doing so.

[Blaze]

Yeah, I used to have to do the HTML for a web site I maintained, but I needed to keep a notebook to remember all that stuff.  And the Hex for the colors.

Fortran anyone?  LOL

[iago]

Just wondering, is this a technical error or an intentional change? If it's the latter, I'd personally like it changed back; quoting, used properly, really helps the flow of conversation. I can understand it being annoying when someone quotes the entire 2-page post and just adds, "I agree," but in other cases, quoting is a good thing.

It's an intentional change in order to keep the size of posts down.  People aren't bothering to trim the quotes; I'm not changing it back.

[ButMadNNW]

It's an intentional change in order to keep the size of posts down.  People aren't bothering to trim the quotes; I'm not changing it back.

Thanks for the response, Iago. I suspected as much. I do understand. *sigh*