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Originally posted by LiveForever8
reply to post by Izak4K
But how will the OP know which specific text my sarcastic reply is relating to?
Originally posted by Izak4K
Originally posted by LiveForever8
reply to post by Izak4K
But how will the OP know which specific text my sarcastic reply is relating to?
I'll Quote before anyone does. That's why I suggest number's.
Originally posted by Izak4K
reply to post by LiveForever8
It's even better.
QUOTE button should be removed!
I find it a most useful tool to use...
Here is another flaw I found on ATS completely useless.
Open a few tabs and you can do the above and below...
Why ATS members uses this button
Learn how to use it - it can make your reply posts less cluttered and more pertinent...
...impossible to read
Thanks... I guess??
I am only trying to help
So how is it going??
...but let's see how this goes.
Originally posted by LiveForever8
reply to post by Izak4K
But how will the OP know which specific text my sarcastic reply is relating to?
Originally posted by DISRAELI
The abuse of the Quote button is a genuine nuisance, often perpetrated by comparative newcomers who haven't learned the difference.
Yet it's also a great convenience to the user; I thnk the working of the "numbers" suggestion would be rather clumsy.
I've often used the Quote button just to have in front of me the points that I'm responding to, as a reminder; I then delete the other poster's text when i've completed my own reply.
One possible answer (though it would also prevent the trick I've just mentioned) would be to limit the Quote capability to a couple of lines.
Instead of being given the whole of the other poster's text. you would be given the chance to select lines by moving a highlight up and down, and clicking.
That would stop the massive quotations, and keep the real function.
Originally posted by Izak4K
reply to post by feelingconnected
I'm just trying a new approach. ATS site looks kind of dull and outdated.
I am reading on something that I would like to talk about here on ATS.
Namaste.
edit on 17-3-2013 by Izak4K because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Izak4K
Originally posted by DISRAELI
The abuse of the Quote button is a genuine nuisance, often perpetrated by comparative newcomers who haven't learned the difference.
Yet it's also a great convenience to the user; I thnk the working of the "numbers" suggestion would be rather clumsy.
I've often used the Quote button just to have in front of me the points that I'm responding to, as a reminder; I then delete the other poster's text when i've completed my own reply.
One possible answer (though it would also prevent the trick I've just mentioned) would be to limit the Quote capability to a couple of lines.
Instead of being given the whole of the other poster's text. you would be given the chance to select lines by moving a highlight up and down, and clicking.
That would stop the massive quotations, and keep the real function.
It's not actually clumsy as you say, but it's rather, you can push the number, so you don't even need quote.
Originally posted by feelingconnected
Originally posted by Izak4K
reply to post by feelingconnected
I'm just trying a new approach. ATS site looks kind of dull and outdated.
I am reading on something that I would like to talk about here on ATS.
Namaste.
edit on 17-3-2013 by Izak4K because: (no reason given)
Lol ok, but I like the quotes. To me it makes threads flow instead of back tracking. I like ats as it is really, maybe I'm outdated or dull