Would anyone be terribly put out if we dispensed with the quick-reply box, and all used the "reply" button instead?
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Quick-reply box - how important is it?
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Posts: 3413 (02/09/08 4:36 PM) Forum
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Cher ~ Central NY
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Posts: 709 (02/09/08 4:46 PM) |
I say get rid of the quick - reply box.
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tamsea |
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Moderator Posts: 1134 (02/09/08 4:52 PM) |
I use the quick reply BUT.....would be fine with getting rid of it. Often I start out typing in the quick reply but then copy it to the full reply box so I can
preview my emoticons to see if they are working..so it isn't that important. If it wasn't here I probably wouldn't miss it. (although as I'm
typing I realized that I'm typing in the quick reply box.)
Tammy
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Posts: 3415 (02/09/08 5:22 PM) Forum
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I do the same thing - start typing in the quick-reply box, then have to copy/paste it into the WYSIWYG reply box because I realize I want to add a picture or
something else I can't do in QR.
I happened to see a question on the help forum that said how to get rid of it, and I was just thinking it might make things easier with the season coming up, explaining to the newcomers how to do this or that - it's hard enough explaining do it this way if you're using the WYSIWYG editor, do it that way if you're using the bbcode editor, without throwing the QR into the mix. We didn't have QR on ezboard, did we? I don't recall it - and we got along fine with the "reply" button.
Cher ~ Central NY
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Moderator Posts: 1135 (02/09/08 6:34 PM) |
I don't remember but I don't think we did (have a QR button). And you are right...we would be fine without it and it will cut down on the confusion, I
think.
Tammy
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Moderator Posts: 580 (02/09/08 9:32 PM) Middle Name
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I use QR all the time because it's right there!! But I can use the other one too. No problem.
 Gin
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Posts: 150 (02/09/08 10:58 PM) |
I like emoticons,so I don't usually use it.
 ...this "pimp" as he's called,is so funny!
Debbie
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Posts: 555 (02/10/08 9:48 AM) |
I don't use it... Can't add the pics with it
Crystal
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dogsandbirds |
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Moderator Posts: 582 (02/10/08 3:25 PM) Middle Name
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If you click on "complete smilies list" you can use them in QR. But...I'm not sure if they're working from QR right now though. Let's do
a test:
Gin
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tamsea |
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Moderator Posts: 1146 (02/10/08 3:38 PM) |
Hey, I didn't know that, Gin. But I still like using the preview button on the other reply page.
Tammy
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Moderator Posts: 583 (02/10/08 5:36 PM) Middle Name
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Not that we'll need to know this much longer Tammy, but there's also a 'preview' button in QR.
Gin
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tamsea |
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Moderator Posts: 1151 (02/10/08 7:20 PM) |
 . I can't believe that! I'm just not with it. OK. Maybe we should just keep the quick reply button, Cher. Do what ever you want to. What are the
pros of getting rid of it? Gin, you must have gotten a chuckle out of that! Next post you'll tell me that I can change font color etc on the QR. I am
finding that I use it quite a bit...at least to write a sentence or two.
Tammy
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Moderator Posts: 584 (02/10/08 7:45 PM) Middle Name
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Well, you can do bold, italic and underline, stuff like that. Links, images also. Can't change the font or colors however. I think the regular reply button
is more versatile, but for quick stuff like this reply it works. Saves loading another page--like that really matters. Unless you subscribe to the theory that
there are only so many clicks your index finger can do until it gives out.
Gin
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Moderator Posts: 1152 (02/10/08 7:47 PM) |
Gosh, Gin...I didn't even see the things you just mentioned! I need to be more observant! Maybe I should change my vote to keep it, unless there is a good
reason to get rid of it.
Tammy
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Moderator Posts: 586 (02/10/08 7:53 PM) Middle Name
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Gin
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Moderator Posts: 1153 (02/10/08 8:03 PM) |
Don't
 ...it's getting kind of scary! I think my mind is going. 
Tammy
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Posts: 3420 (02/11/08 5:51 PM) Forum
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tamsea wrote: Not enough to warrant tossing it if enough of the members wish to keep it. Mainly it's just a matter of simplicity of explanation. As long as y'all
are nice and helpful with explaining to the newcomers how to use both the QR and the full reply box during the upcoming season. Maybe I can paste some stuff
from the help forums on using the different editors into the welcome thread up top - that way you can just give a quick link instead of typing out the full
explanation each time.
Cher ~ Central NY
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Moderator Posts: 1157 (02/11/08 7:22 PM) |
I'm willing to help out. But would probably be OK without it also.
Tammy
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Moderator Posts: 2618 (02/12/08 1:41 PM) Middle name
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Let me add my 2 cents! I HATE the quick reply box.
 If it use it at all, it's by accident. You can't use spellcheck (at least *I* can't)
in the quick reply.
Janie
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Moderator Posts: 1161 (02/12/08 1:43 PM) |
Tell us what you really think, Janie.
Tammy
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Posts: 3429 (02/13/08 11:42 AM) Forum
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Janie! There you are! We were wondering what happened to you!
The one thing I see (currently) about the QR box, is that messages composed with it that have several paragraphs seem to lose their formatting when edited. All the paragraphs run together. This is a Yuku "bug" which may be sorted out eventually, but honestly - the bug fixes seem to be lagging FAR behind bug reports these days. I haven't completely lost hope yet, but I'm beginning to despair about some of the bugs ever being fixed.
Cher ~ Central NY
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