It's a pain in the butt.
I'm trimming down replies, anyway, but right now, I have to rebuild post structure if I have cascaded replies in posts that are too long.
I sometimes have to spend more time fixing layout than writing what I want to write.
Is this on your agenda yet? How many loved ones, pets, and first edition comic books do I have to abduct to make you do it?
and reality itself rips asunder as I agree wholeheartedly with Kaeyoss on something.
An increase would be nice - I wouldn't want the boards to crash from too much quoting or something, but the problems KaeYoss mentions are real enough.
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I'm trimming down replies, anyway, but right now, I have to rebuild post structure if I have cascaded replies in posts that are too long.
I don't know about lengthening the quote amount (heck, I'd prefer if it was actually shorter), but I've just added "close nested quote tags when abbreviating quoted text" to the to-do list.
I don't know about lengthening the quote amount (heck, I'd prefer if it was actually shorter), but I've just added "close nested quote tags when abbreviating quoted text" to the to-do list.
Keep in mind that a lot of the time the goal is not to quote the entire thing but instead to be able to actually get at the point of interest. If the point of interest is after the part cut off it involves a number of steps to quote it.
and reality itself rips asunder as I agree wholeheartedly with Kaeyoss on something.
Which will be good news indeed for the Proteans!
So you cannot just get rid of that feature?
I'm trimming down replies, anyway, but right now, I have to rebuild post structure if I have cascaded replies in posts that are too long.I don't know about lengthening the quote amount (heck, I'd prefer if it was actually shorter), but I've just added "close nested quote tags when abbreviating quoted text" to the to-do list.
Another thing that can happen is that the actual post, being at the bottom, under something big and quoted, is cut off.
Here's what I do:
Look at the post, highlight and CTRL+C the germaine bits.
Hit reply button
Highlight whatever carried over in the quoted area(within BBCode tags), hit backspace then CTRL+V.
Thus you get the easy reply tags with the info you wanted to discuss.
I would also ask people who are quoting a lengthy many-quoted post to take a moment and erase the first few quotes you are not replying to. It keeps the post lengths down and we don't get the whole 'X said, Y said, Z said' mess. It takes but a moment to do. You don't need to requote everything that's been said about the subject, it's all still on the page.
Patrick Curtin didn't actually write this. I just typed what I wanted. I made sure to start with (quote="Patrick Curtin") and finish with (/quote) You can easily do the same, and just paste whatever you want to quote in the middle of the BBCode.
Obviously I have been dipping into whatever fermented beverages they serve in Taiwan. :)
Ctrl+c and ctrl+v are my friends.
No wait, I think I did that errantly...I am a big baby, and a confirmed doodlebug.
No wait, I think I did that wrong...I am a big baby doo doo head...
No that's pretty spot on Flash ...
I have to rebuild post structure if I have cascaded replies in posts that are too long.
I sometimes have to spend more time fixing layout than writing what I want to write.
And sometimes I spend more time searching through cascading quotations or quotations of entire posts or quotations into which new material has inadvertently been typed in order to find actual post content.
I agree with Yae about having more quote length (and appreciate his responsibility and diligence in cleaning up his quotes and posts) but would like to add another request:
Please separate a "Reply" and a "Quote" option. Too often I see people who "Reply" and leave the entire, albeit truncated, quotation in their post simply to offer a "me too". It really gums up threads.
However, there are those who put in actual content of interest that gets lost or difficult to find because they're too lazy to clean up their posts. So yes, it's their fault if the content gets lost, but it's frustrating to spend so much time searching for the posts among screenfuls of grayed text.
FWIW,
Rez
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+1I have to rebuild post structure if I have cascaded replies in posts that are too long.
I sometimes have to spend more time fixing layout than writing what I want to write.
And sometimes I spend more time searching through cascading quotations or quotations of entire posts or quotations into which new material has inadvertently been typed in order to find actual post content.
I agree with Yae about having more quote length (and appreciate his responsibility and diligence in cleaning up his quotes and posts) but would like to add another request:
Please separate a "Reply" and a "Quote" option. Too often I see people who "Reply" and leave the entire, albeit truncated, quotation in their post simply to offer a "me too". It really gums up threads.
However, there are those who put in actual content of interest that gets lost or difficult to find because they're too lazy to clean up their posts. So yes, it's their fault if the content gets lost, but it's frustrating to spend so much time searching for the posts among screenfuls of grayed text.
FWIW,
Rez
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+2?+1I have to rebuild post structure if I have cascaded replies in posts that are too long.
I sometimes have to spend more time fixing layout than writing what I want to write.
And sometimes I spend more time searching through cascading quotations or quotations of entire posts or quotations into which new material has inadvertently been typed in order to find actual post content.
I also hate it when the new content gets imbedded in a quote. Making quoting harder to mess up could only help, I think.
I agree with Yae about having more quote length (and appreciate his responsibility and diligence in cleaning up his quotes and posts) but would like to add another request:
Please separate a "Reply" and a "Quote" option. Too often I see people who "Reply" and leave the entire, albeit truncated, quotation in their post simply to offer a "me too". It really gums up threads.
However, there are those who put in actual content of interest that gets lost or difficult to find because they're too lazy to clean up their posts. So yes, it's their fault if the content gets lost, but it's frustrating to spend so much time searching for the posts among screenfuls of grayed text.
FWIW,
Rez
Who is this Yae?
The thing
The thing
about copy and paste
The thingabout copy and paste
is that it
is that itThe thingabout copy and paste
Doesn't carry over the cascaded quotes.
KaeYoss wrote:
KaeYoss wrote:
KaeYoss wrote:
The thing
about copy and paste
is that it
Doesn't carry over the cascaded quotes.
That's what my previous post looks when I copy and paste it. Problematic. which is which. where does the quote start. Plus, I'd have to make sure to put tags around everything, or things look really weird.
Who is this Yae?D'oh :-(
Bad, inattentive Rezdave. Bad bad bad.
You got my props from all the other times I've ready your posts on other threads, though.
R.
It's no big deal. People keep misspelling that name all the time. I was KaeToss a weak or so ago.
I guess it comes with following the Cerulean Void: Even your name becomes unstable!
And it fits my last name, which is mispronounced all the time (which is very astounding really, since you should not be able to read it that way. Even German teachers read it like that, and THEY should know better)
You mean it doesn't rhyme with gay boss?
You mean it doesn't rhyme with gay boss?
Not my last name, no.
But KaeYoss does rhyme with gay boss.
Interesting you should use that as a rhyme. Something you want to tell us about your superior? Does he know?
Something you want to tell us about your superior? Does he know?
She is married and has a child. It is possible, I suppose, but I find it highly unlikely. I have had a gay boss before though.
Can you morons quite the spamming antics.
God, what a relief it is to finally say that!
I totally agree, Gary. It must have been so frustrating to keep that locked inside for so long.