Here are some options I think the Qhick Reply need to make posting more flexible to the members and posting alike..

1. BBCode box for the full text editer
2. "Add Quoted Posts to Quick Reply" option at the bottom of the quick reply to add multiquoted posts or a single post to your reply Via the QR.
3. Add Poll link maybe a popup with the poll posting abiliites or a box like in the full post editor.

there is one option I think would be nice but not really needed like some of the featuers listed above..

1. Quick New Topic. this would be a button on the forum view and would drop down a thing likt the quic reply. it will give you the topic title, disctription and the posting box.

I highly disagree with adding to the fast reply.

That's what it is meant to be; a stripped down, fast loading, super easy to use little box to enter a post.

Which I love.

What would the difference be between a quick new topic or a traditional one?

I personally wouldn't mind seeing some basic formatting buttons, but that's about it.

How hard would it be to adda Bold, Italic, Underline, Left Center right Justifide button to the top and maybe a "add qupoted messages to Quick Reply"

It's not a matter of how difficult it would be.

It's a matter of how it compromises the element of a stripped down reply box.

Fair enough but what about at least adding a add quoted posts to quick reply. I mean click the add reply button. "waits for another page to load" post your reply "wait for the redirect to load and finish" what about 10 mins or 10 depending on the length of your post?

you could cut postint time in half if you had atleast some fucntionality in the fas reply.

See, you're missing the point of a fast reply, though. If you want to quote something quick and on the fly, you can.

Select some text, hover over the textarea, click the button.


If you're going to take the time to reply to a slew of multi-quotes you're spending a lot of time doing it, so why not do it on the traditional add reply page? :/

I don't see a feasible way to add more functionality to the fast reply area without totally bloating it and killing it's usability like vB.

I really hope that the people developing IPB feel the same way.

me too Frog Man

I think the quick reply should stay as it is -- not even any basic formatting buttons. Why? It just adds to the loading time and clutter of each page. If you really wanted to format your post, you can do it manually or just hit "Add Reply" in the first place.

Dialup modem there bud?

Basic formatting would be nice. There's a mod for that already though.

No, I have broadband.

Well speed is beside the point. Why add to the clutter when a quick reply is usually just words without formatting?

I like the fast reply as is, since I am using it now. The benifit of using it is so you make a FAST REPLY. Its not that hard to key in a 'B' tag and to little brackets.

I see your point, because sometimes you don't want the AddReply box to load and stuff, but if they made it a feature where you could change them in the My Controls or have a option set for a board default, and members can change it. That would be nice, like the Post Screen. Standard or what ever the other one is.

In that case, maybe "Enable email notification of replies | Enable Smilies | Enable Signature" should be eliminated for an even less cluttered look? And do we really need "Add Selected Text As Quote"?

I believe you hit the nail on the head with that. Fast Reply is supposed to be a really quick FAST way to write something...

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It seems that the control buttons work again... I tried Bold and Italics... I like that. CTRL->B That is nifty.

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I'm ok with that all going.

I just modded my board's quick reply box. I'll see how long it takes someone to notice, lol.

^^lol. Yea, thats plain alright.

I would think its more a personal preference. I added a mod to my board that has everything "Lord Katsuhito" is talking about. I love it. Its very handy.

My view on the fast reply is simply more of a "not needing to load up a whole nother page just to say a few things with some smiles and some formatting". I never use the "add reply", just because its just that. Takes time to load up a whole page again just for that. After I added that mod, nothing at all slowed down. It was still the exact same speed, so that cannot be used as an excuse. All it did was ADD convience. Fast rely can mean two things: 1. to quickly say something. 2. to reply w/out reloading the whole page.

So I dont see the big deal about "not" adding those options.

eeeek, I don't like the black background on top of the attachment thumbnail.

yea i agree i don't like it either... blue all the way!!!!!

I agree, it should match the color of the rich text editor!

the black bar shouldn't fill the whole row, use different icons for different file types will be a nice addition

That's actually pretty nice. B)

How I rearranged it on my site...

Wow! That looks very nice.

Good job mate.

Ok then, by your logic, IPB might as well just get rid of the add reply screen and add it to the quick reply.

I do agree with one thing, that I would like the quoting to work with the fast reply, like if you click "reply" that it adds it to the text...or perhaps when you click reply, a menu similar to the edit button appears for quick or complete... but for the reply system.

humm.....

If you know the bbcodes you can just type them.

Almost all posts I make on any forum I use the quick reply box.

Also if your not happy with how it is, you can modify it like MetalFrog and kewlceo did.

Same here, I rarely use the full reply, except when I want to just quote someone's post entirely, like I did here. IMO, the fast reply as it is right now is just fine, it's intended to be just what it says it is: a fast reply. If you want access to all of the stuff the full reply has, use the full reply. If you're not happy with that and just gotta have all the full reply stuff in your fast reply, use a mod to do that, that's the sort of things mods are best at.

Might be 'bloat' but just came up with idea:

• User can choose what buttons they want for the fast-reply. Admin can also restrict some buttons from being choosen. They may also select the emotions they want to see.
• Moderation option: Add what a moderator can do (normal add reply post), in quick-reply [drop down-box]. They may "also" choose what they want to see in the drop-down box.
• If possible, have a option (for fast/add reply) to see your most selected buttons only.

Example for #3: I use bold and slanted the most, If I wanted (may also be a admin option), I can choose to only load those buttons when I (quick)reply.

Somewhat similar to Microsoft Word. It puts your most used functions (of word) first. (like ).


It's amazing what I can think of. And i'm only a sophmore (spelling?) in High-school. Might also post this in the FR forum.