Changed functionality of 'Quote' is losing continuity
Changed functionality of 'Quote' is losing continuity
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streaky

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19,311 posts

278 months

Wednesday 16th March 2011
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Whilst I understand and appreciate the usefulness of being able reduce the volume of quotes, I have noticed that the continuity of discussions within a thread are getting lost because contributors click the 'Quote' button rather than "Quote all" (out of habit I suspect ... or perhaps they're posting via the mobile site).

A better approach might have been to have left the functionality of "Quote" as it was, and introduced a "Quote last" option.

STreaky

Mr Will

13,719 posts

235 months

Wednesday 16th March 2011
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It is done the way that it is precisely to encourage its use, as it is appropriate to use most of the time and we want people to get used to that.

There are a few cases where people are using it when the probably shouldn't be, but that will decrease with time as people get more used to the difference between the two.

monthefish

20,467 posts

260 months

Thursday 17th March 2011
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The basic 'quote' function (i.e. quote one) seems to be very basic code, as it only quotes the text after the last quote (which doesn't work for those who post above the post they are quoting.

I've noticed it often misses a few characters of text - has that been fixed now?

Mr Will

13,719 posts

235 months

Thursday 17th March 2011
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monthefish said:
The basic 'quote' function (i.e. quote one) seems to be very basic code, as it only quotes the text after the last quote (which doesn't work for those who post above the post they are quoting.

I've noticed it often misses a few characters of text - has that been fixed now?
It is very basic at the moment, but both of these are on the "To-Do" to be fixed shortly.

monthefish

20,467 posts

260 months

Thursday 17th March 2011
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Mr Will said:
monthefish said:
The basic 'quote' function (i.e. quote one) seems to be very basic code, as it only quotes the text after the last quote (which doesn't work for those who post above the post they are quoting.

I've noticed it often misses a few characters of text - has that been fixed now?
It is very basic at the moment, but both of these are on the "To-Do" to be fixed shortly.
Thanks.

It's no big deal, suggest it's put to the bottom of the 'to do' list (hopefully so that 'adding the advert age to traders classifieds' moves higher up the list).

Mr Will

13,719 posts

235 months

Thursday 17th March 2011
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monthefish said:
hopefully so that 'adding the advert age to traders classifieds' moves higher up the list.
That isn't on the list at the moment, it is off intentionally as it is not relevant on trade adverts in the same way as it is on private ones.

monthefish

20,467 posts

260 months

Thursday 17th March 2011
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Mr Will said:
monthefish said:
hopefully so that 'adding the advert age to traders classifieds' moves higher up the list.
That isn't on the list at the moment, it is off intentionally as it is not relevant on trade adverts in the same way as it is on private ones.
It is still relevant though (as we've discussed before).