# Do we finally have multi-quote!? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 5, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521 "2008-10-05T04:41:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/1 "2008-10-05T04:41:51Z")
Just want to say thanks for adding the multi-quote function, makes things a lot easier! (And, of course, for everything else) [/gush] ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/2 "2008-10-05T05:26:53Z")
Tell me how to use it. I click it; it turns orange. Then what??? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/3 "2008-10-05T06:05:56Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Tell me how to use it. I click it; it turns orange. Then what??? Click a bunch of multi-quote icons, then hit “Post Reply.” Prepare to have your mind blown. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/4 "2008-10-05T06:11:19Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Click a bunch of multi-quote icons, then hit “Post Reply.” > > Prepare to have your mind blown. > [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Tell me how to use it. I click it; it turns orange. Then what??? > [@Jragon](#): > > Just want to say thanks for adding the multi-quote function, makes things a lot easier! (And, of course, for everything else) [/gush] Wow, this is fun! Are there any other new gizmo’s I didn’t know about? ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/5 "2008-10-05T06:13:52Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Just want to say thanks for adding the multi-quote function, makes things a lot easier! (And, of course, for everything else) [/gush] > [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Tell me how to use it. I click it; it turns orange. Then what??? > [@friedo](#): > > Click a bunch of multi-quote icons, then hit “Post Reply.” > > Prepare to have your mind blown. Oh WOW! Thats neat! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/6 "2008-10-05T11:03:21Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Just want to say thanks for adding the multi-quote function, makes things a lot easier! (And, of course, for everything else) [/gush] > [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Tell me how to use it. I click it; it turns orange. Then what??? > [@friedo](#): > > Click a bunch of multi-quote icons, then hit “Post Reply.” > > Prepare to have your mind blown. > [@Maastricht](#): > > Wow, this is fun! Are there any other new gizmo’s I didn’t know about? > [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](#): > > Oh WOW! Thats neat! Oh man!! ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/7 "2008-10-05T14:06:13Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Oh man!! > [@Still have a non-color monitor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-a-non-color-monitor/465875/11): > > We were still using monochrome monitors on the Macs in high school 15 years ago. However, by the time I went to college, when the WWW was a baby, they had already switched to color. I’ve never used the Internet on a monochrome monitor. > > I wonder if there is anyone still using the old green-and-black monitors like were generally used with the old Apple II family. You can even quote posts that are not part of this thread! 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/8 "2008-10-05T15:40:20Z")
> [@Lynx?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynx/466466/1): > > Unclicked links show in blue. Until this morning, followed links were grey. Now the links are always blue, so I can’t see at a glance what I’ve clicked. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/9 "2008-10-05T16:28:10Z")
> [@Tamex](#): > > You can even quote posts that are not part of this thread! 🙂 🙂 🙂 > [@Retrovertigo](#): > > You mean like this? Nice ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/10 "2008-10-05T22:51:10Z")
It’s gone now. What’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/11 "2008-10-05T23:04:24Z")
So is quick reply. I assume they are related. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/12 "2008-10-05T23:04:45Z")
[Jerry says.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10278856&postcount=142) [Full thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482569) I’m pretty sure the multi-quote was a function of a new template. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/13 "2008-10-06T16:55:39Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Click a bunch of multi-quote icons, then hit “Post Reply.” > > Prepare to have your mind blown. > [@Maastricht](#): > > Wow, this is fun! Are there any other new gizmo’s I didn’t know about? > [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](#): > > Oh WOW! Thats neat! Niiiice! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/14 "2008-10-06T23:25:12Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Wow, this is fun! Are there any other new gizmo’s I didn’t know about? > [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](#): > > Oh WOW! Thats neat! Ooh, shiney! I clicked the multi-quote, then the normal quote button, and got the above. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-finally-have-multi-quote/466521/15 "2008-10-07T00:56:13Z")
I love this function too! Very cool.