# I miss the quick reply box. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 28, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143 "2005-01-28T17:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/21 "2005-01-31T21:39:37Z")
Let’s see here… I just hit the quick-reply button on **TubaDiva** ’s post (it’s the icon with the paper and the arrow). The reply box initially appeared blank, and does not contain anything other than what I’m putting in. Will it contain **TubaDiva** ’s quote? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/22 "2005-01-31T21:39:31Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Ask and ye shall receive. Let’s see how this works. > > If it impacts board performance negatively, we’ll back off, but what the heck, we’ll try it. > > your humble TubaDiva > Admnistrator This is a test. Hope this is the correct forum. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/23 "2005-01-31T21:39:59Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > How’s this different than the usual reply button? Bliss. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/24 "2005-01-31T21:43:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Let’s see here… I just hit the quick-reply button on **TubaDiva** ’s post (it’s the icon with the paper and the arrow). The reply box initially appeared blank, and does not contain anything other than what I’m putting in. Will it contain **TubaDiva** ’s quote? OK, apparently it doesn’t, unless I check “Quote message in reply?” (testing that now, using my own post). It’s slightly annoying that we have to hit a special button to use this, but it’s still quicker than loading a whole new page. And it looks like the new quick reply box is vBulletin standard, which means it didn’t require significant administrator effort to set up. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/25 "2005-01-31T21:50:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Let’s see here… I just hit the quick-reply button on **TubaDiva** ’s post (it’s the icon with the paper and the arrow). The reply box initially appeared blank, and does not contain anything other than what I’m putting in. Will it contain **TubaDiva** ’s quote? Ya gotta check the “quote message in reply” box, doofus. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/26 "2005-01-31T21:52:08Z")
The older version of vB didn’t make you click to activate the Click Reply box, but the new one does; if you turn that off, it makes it difficult for the system to handle other modes of threading. It’s a small price to pay to keep things going. Hopefully this will not affect board function in anything but a positive way. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/27 "2005-01-31T21:52:45Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > Bliss. 🙂 Uh… okay then in must not work on my operating system. I’m hitting the little paper icon and it’s loading the usual “reply” page as it always has. Nothing like what **Chronos** described. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/28 "2005-01-31T21:53:35Z")
Does it matter with post you hit the “quick reply” on? We’ll see when I hit submit. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/29 "2005-01-31T21:54:37Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Does it matter with post you hit the “quick reply” on? We’ll see when I hit submit. Coolness! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/30 "2005-01-31T21:55:07Z")
Does it work? It does! ::😂:: ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/31 "2005-01-31T21:55:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > OK, apparently it doesn’t, unless I check “Quote message in reply?” (testing that now, using my own post). It’s slightly annoying that we have to hit a special button to use this, but it’s still quicker than loading a whole new page. And it looks like the new quick reply box is vBulletin standard, which means it didn’t require significant administrator effort to set up. TEST ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/32 "2005-01-31T21:56:42Z")
A test of my very own… ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/33 "2005-01-31T22:03:42Z")
I just wanted to express my pure joy at this addition. I just noticed it a little bit ago when I noticed that there were two buttons in the lower right of posts instead of the usual one, and I began to get very excited when my mouse-over told me it was quick reply. I did not believe the mouse-over for a minute, though. Mice are devious things, especially heartless ones, so I had to check this forum to see if it were true, and it is! Yay, quick reply! See, this would have been quick, except I spent too long typing and being elated. It will be quick next time. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/34 "2005-01-31T22:04:18Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > A test of my very own… Testing. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/35 "2005-01-31T22:04:48Z")
I just wanted to express my pure joy at this addition. I just noticed it a little bit ago when I noticed that there were two buttons in the lower right of posts instead of the usual one, and I began to get very excited when my mouse-over told me it was quick reply. I did not believe the mouse-over for a minute, though. Mice are devious things, especially heartless ones, so I had to check this forum to see if it were true, and it is! Yay, quick reply! See, this would have been quick, except I spent too long typing and being elated. It will be quick next time. This also may be a multiple post, as my internet is acting strangely. Here’s to hoping this isn’t the third time you’ll read this. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/36 "2005-01-31T22:05:57Z")
Well, it wasn’t three. . . ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/37 "2005-01-31T22:14:27Z")
> [@JimSox5](#): > > Well, it wasn’t three. . . Test 2. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/38 "2005-01-31T22:17:02Z")
Okay. Looks like you can’t do multiple quotes without employing the quote tag yourself. A minor hassle but no big deal. Is there any way we can set this up so that we don’t have to hit that button to use it unless we want to quote that post though? Testing the signature option as well. ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/39 "2005-01-31T22:21:46Z")
That’s great! I had almost forgotten about this feature. Thank you for bringing it back. I was going to complain that there is no preview button, but the Go Advanced button gives a preview. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/40 "2005-01-31T22:23:27Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > A test of my very own… No, I’m taking over your test. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143.md?page=3)