# where'd the colors go? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 14, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-the-colors-go/103613 "2002-04-14T20:23:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-the-colors-go/103613/1 "2002-04-14T20:23:29Z")
When I am at the end of a thread, it just shows a space to post, but no options. What gives?thanks ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-the-colors-go/103613/2 "2002-04-14T20:29:38Z")
You can still hit the “post reply” button at the lower right-hand corner of the page, y’know. That link still gives the full amount of options for all the different colors and such. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-the-colors-go/103613/3 "2002-04-14T20:33:50Z")
Oh, and my guess is that since the insta-reply at the bottom isn’t _really_ authorized by VB, and it takes up enough space on the page as it is, it just wouldn’t be prudent to have fifty thousand little option buttons that you need to load up every time you try to read a thread… and they’ve already added a bazillion little buttons to the bottom to the point that on short threads like this’n my browser uses more space for the damn insta-reply than for the actual content. But that’s neither here nor there, and my idea is just a WAG. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-the-colors-go/103613/4 "2002-04-14T20:35:29Z")
Thanks loadsduh. My fault. I see, now. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-the-colors-go/103613/5 "2002-04-14T22:32:06Z")
See [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=109424) for details and discussion regarding the new ‘quick-reply’ option. There’s also a reference to it in the [Technical Issues FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103503) (found at the top of ATMB). ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-the-colors-go/103613/6 "2002-04-15T00:36:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*Thanks loadsduh. My fault. I see, now. \*\* Isn’t this better? And this is (almost) invisible. Double-encoded! This is more invisible than white. I usually hand-type tags, but the autotags can be useful. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-the-colors-go/103613/7 "2002-04-15T00:37:21Z")
This is a neat little typeface. Nosferatu should use it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-the-colors-go/103613/8 "2002-04-15T00:39:28Z")
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