Jim R Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 If there's already a thread on this, I couldn't find it, but recently I'm finding it more difficult and awkward to use the quote function, particularly if I want to break someone's quote up into multiple parts. It's not clear to me when things changed, or why, but the problem exists both in Google Chrome and Safari. Just wondering if anybody has any tips... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 I've experienced difficulty in the past day, too. I'm using IE9. Haven't tried breaking a quote up yet, but the text box doesn't come up on the screen - have to page down to find it - and it just seems awkward to use. Trying to remove a redundant image from a quote was quite difficult. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Yes, just tried splitting up a post. I can't see how to do it now, because you just get a picture of the post you're quoting and not an HTML line saying whose post and when, nor the HTML ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) Yes, just tried splitting up a post. I can't see how to do it now, because you just get a picture of the post you're quoting and not an HTML line saying whose post and when, nor the HTML '' Edited March 4, 2013 by David Ayers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Or use the small button on top left of the window for your post ... by hitting it, all other buttons turn grey (not usable) and you change into txt-mode ... there you see the <quote> bits again ... you can also then switch back to HTML by hitting the button again (i.e. if you want to put something in bold or want to insert an image etc. and don't know the proper tags) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Or use the small button on top left of the window for your post ... by hitting it, all other buttons turn grey (not usable) and you change into txt-mode ... there you see the <quote> bits again ... you can also then switch back to HTML by hitting the button again (i.e. if you want to put something in bold or want to insert an image etc. and don't know the proper tags) my way is quickest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Or use the small button on top left of the window for your post ... by hitting it, all other buttons turn grey (not usable) and you change into txt-mode ... there you see the <quote> bits again ... you can also then switch back to HTML by hitting the True button again (i.e. if you want to put something in bold or want to insert an image etc. and don't know the proper tags) my way is quickest Dat! Didn't know that really worked! Cool! But it's still a bit confusing if you're not careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Thanks to both of you. Now I've got to remember which thread it was where I was trying to split a quote and gave up MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Thanks guys. I can still foresee some struggles using David's technique, depending on how intricate the manipulation of the quote might be. Ubu's suggestion will help with that, though. The odd thing to me is, I don't remember when this change occurred, haven't seen any announcement or discussion about the change, and it's unclear to me why this happened. Still curious, if anybody (moderators?) has any insight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 The software was updated from 3.3 to 3.4 and yes, they changed the quote function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Thanks, Jim. I know it's a software engineer's job to tweak things even when they work great, so I'll go ahead and adjust (since I can't ignore the upgrade, like I'm doing with iTunes 11 ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Yeah, I'm not one to continually upgrade my software (I'm still on iOS4 and iTunes 10) but I try to keep the forum software up to date due to security fixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 I can still foresee some struggles using David's technique, depending on how intricate the manipulation of the quote might be. This is the 21st century and people get their news from Twitter. However intricately you want to manipulate a quote, it ain't gonna be too damn hard. If you know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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