# 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:** 3
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/41 "2005-01-31T22:26:22Z")
And a further question: is there any way this can be set up so that when we’re quoting posts, we can actually see and/or edit what we’re quoting? I just quoted Askia in CS but was only replying to two sentences in his post and had to quote his entire post instead of just the relevant part. I don’t mean to be a nuisance obviously… I’m just curious if these options are feasible. If not, I’m so used to not using this function that it won’t bother me to just minimize it and do it the old way. Thanks for the option though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/42 "2005-01-31T22:42:01Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > And a further question: is there any way this can be set up so that when we’re quoting posts, we can actually see and/or edit what we’re quoting? I just quoted Askia in CS but was only replying to two sentences in his post and had to quote his entire post instead of just the relevant part. > > I don’t mean to be a nuisance obviously… I’m just curious if these options are feasible. If not, I’m so used to not using this function that it won’t bother me to just minimize it and do it the old way. > > Thanks for the option though. 🙂 Quick test with the above post? ---
**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:** [January 31, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/43 "2005-01-31T22:49:04Z")
Dudes! We’ve established that it works. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/44 "2005-01-31T22:50:46Z")
Joy!! I’m glad to see this come back. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/45 "2005-01-31T22:54:56Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Dudes! We’ve established that it works. > > :rolleyes: Does somebody have sand in their diapey? This is the place for practice and test posts. This is a new feature. Lighten up. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/46 "2005-01-31T23:01:20Z")
> [@«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™](#): > > Does somebody have sand in their diapey? > This is the place for practice and test posts. This is a new feature. > > Lighten up. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/47 "2005-01-31T23:37:57Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > And a further question: is there any way this can be set up so that when we’re quoting posts, we can actually see and/or edit what we’re quoting? I just quoted Askia in CS but was only replying to two sentences in his post and had to quote his entire post instead of just the relevant part. > > I don’t mean to be a nuisance obviously… I’m just curious if these options are feasible. If not, I’m so used to not using this function that it won’t bother me to just minimize it and do it the old way. > > Thanks for the option though. 🙂 IIRC, with the old “quick reply” feature, you couldn’t include quotes at all (unless you typed in the tags and c&p’d the text yourself.) If you wanted to include a quote, you had to go to the regular reply screen. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/48 "2005-02-01T00:02:09Z")
> [@klintypooh](#): > > Quick test with the above post? Another test Tripler Hoo doggie. . . ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/49 "2005-02-01T00:15:54Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > Another test > > Tripler > Hoo doggie. . . Test test. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/50 "2005-02-01T00:27:13Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > IIRC, with the old “quick reply” feature, you couldn’t include quotes at all (unless you typed in the tags and c&p’d the text yourself.) If you wanted to include a quote, you had to go to the regular reply screen. Yeah, that’s how it was and it didn’t bother me then, not being used to the normal reply screen. Now that I’ve gotten accustomed to it, it’s something I’d miss. It’s of no real importance though. If it can’t be fixed, I’m perfectly happy to just ignore the new feature. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/51 "2005-02-01T00:52:39Z")
> [@«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™](#): > > Does somebody have sand in their diapey? > This is the place for practice and test posts. This is a new feature. > > Lighten up. I didn’t really mean it harshly. I was being sarcastic about the habit of ‘testing’ a feature so many times. We are really just playing with our new toy, nothing wrong with that. (as long as it doesn’t bring about the bandwidth problems mentioned) ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/52 "2005-02-01T01:05:56Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I didn’t really mean it harshly. I was being sarcastic about the habit of ‘testing’ a feature so many times. We are really just playing with our new toy, nothing wrong with that. (as long as it doesn’t bring about the bandwidth problems mentioned) Agreed. Perhaps it is I who have the saggy daipers that leak. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/53 "2005-02-01T02:26:53Z")
Yay, the quick reply box is back! (This message is also a test.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/54 "2005-02-01T02:30:07Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > It’s of no real importance though. If it can’t be fixed, I’m perfectly happy to just ignore the new feature. You can pick and choose when to use it. On this one, since I knew I wanted to cut your post instead of quoting the whole thing, I did the old-fashioned “reply.” The other button is just to get you into quick reply. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/55 "2005-02-01T03:15:44Z")
testicles ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/56 "2005-02-01T03:17:00Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > testicles eh? ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/57 "2005-02-01T03:27:34Z")
Whee! (dipping a toe into new-toy technology) ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/58 "2005-02-01T04:31:06Z")
Well, Long Tall Sally She’s built for speed She got everything that Uncle John need Oh baby! ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/59 "2005-02-01T04:34:18Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > And a test of my own. Talk about expedient service. Quick, **Exgineer** , wish for money! Test; I tried it before and couldn’t send. I justgot a box that said “undefined”. Huh? and what does “outdent back to normal” mean? I got the “undefined” box by trying to post after the last post in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-quick-reply-box/287143/60 "2005-02-01T05:43:45Z")
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