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Originally posted by inverslyproportional
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 ATS site looks kind of dull and outdated.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 I like ats as it is really, maybe I'm outdated or dull
Not at all, I thought all of your replys were relevant, and nothing you said was dull.
I postulate the op has a problem where he cant see he has already read the quoted material, so he gets stuck reading every line of every post, quotes and all, so it takes him a long time to read and reply.
I suggest, just looking at the quoted material, and making sure you have already read and stored it away in your noggin, then just go to the new post and read it, as the quote is meant for reference, or to highlight somthing said in a previous post.
In short op, I think it is absolutely necessary, and couldnt imagine having to copy paste every time I thought I might need to give reference to somthing in my reply.
Just my opinion of course
Originally posted by Chadwickus
Originally posted by inverslyproportional
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 ATS site looks kind of dull and outdated.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 I like ats as it is really, maybe I'm outdated or dull
Not at all, I thought all of your replys were relevant, and nothing you said was dull.
I postulate the op has a problem where he cant see he has already read the quoted material, so he gets stuck reading every line of every post, quotes and all, so it takes him a long time to read and reply.
I suggest, just looking at the quoted material, and making sure you have already read and stored it away in your noggin, then just go to the new post and read it, as the quote is meant for reference, or to highlight somthing said in a previous post.
In short op, I think it is absolutely necessary, and couldnt imagine having to copy paste every time I thought I might need to give reference to somthing in my reply.
Just my opinion of course
I think the issue is nesting quotes, there becomes a point where it becomes unreadable...
Originally posted by DISRAELI
reply to post by inverslyproportional
No. the OP has picked up a genuine problem, when people are quoting huge blocks of text just to say, in essence, "I agree with all that", or when huge blocks of text from previous quotes are embedded in a post being quoted in the same way, so that the re-quotation goes on indefinitely and the print gets smaller and smaller.
The staff dislike this practice. There is a thread from SO somewhere telling us not to do it. Sometomes "over-large quotes" get removed.
The issue is genuine. I just don't know that the solution offered in the OP is the most practical answer.
edit on 17-3-2013 by DISRAELI because: (no reason given)
QUOTE button should be removed! Here is another flaw I found on ATS completely useless. There are several others - homepage is actually outdated for several reasons, but that's not the point.
Why ATS members uses this button, when they can just push reply? Many of them do it only to make a thread huge and impossible to read. It's actually a big deal, when someone quote "for fun" just to make us swap for several pages instead of reading what we want.
I am only trying to help, course that's what I do every single day and I feel it is important.
My suggestion is - give a number to every answer!
Originally posted by Tardacus
I don`t like to have to scroll back to see what the reply is to I would rather see the quote in the post directly above the reply.
Originally posted by Chadwickus
Originally posted by inverslyproportional
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
Not at all, I thought all of your replys were relevant, and nothing you said was dull.
I postulate the op has a problem where he cant see he has already read the quoted material, so he gets stuck reading every line of every post, quotes and all, so it takes him a long time to read and reply.
I suggest, just looking at the quoted material, and making sure you have already read and stored it away in your noggin, then just go to the new post and read it, as the quote is meant for reference, or to highlight somthing said in a previous post.
In short op, I think it is absolutely necessary, and couldnt imagine having to copy paste every time I thought I might need to give reference to somthing in my reply.
Just my opinion of course
I think the issue is nesting quotes, there becomes a point where it becomes unreadable...
Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by Izak4K
I only wish that the reply button opened a new window so I can refer back to what I am responding to. Sometimes I forget. Okay, many times. But, the quote button is fine by me. Sorry.
Originally posted by winofiend
Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by Izak4K
I only wish that the reply button opened a new window so I can refer back to what I am responding to. Sometimes I forget. Okay, many times. But, the quote button is fine by me. Sorry.
Middle mouse click and it should open the (any) link in a new tab.?