Why does it require you to click on a quick reply icon in a post to activate the quick reply box? Can't it just be activated without needing to do that?
I'm on other boards which use the Quick Reply feature, and none of them require clicking.
(c) the one that fills in a default title above every post.)
Agree with Ken. Having to click on a quick reply icon sorta doesn't make this "quick."
When the default fills in the title above the post, the topic title is used, or the title on the previous post. Every post has a title above it, so if someone changes the title, the new title doesn't stand out and gets overlooked. If the default is to leave it blank, it will stand out on the few occasions when someone actually enters a title on his/her post.I didn't even know that was an option in the software until just now when I looked for it after reading your post. I don't recall hearing anyone complain about that before. It is not inherently obvious to me what problem this causes or why one would want the default to be a blank title for their replies to a thread. Care to share?
When the default fills in the title above the post, the topic title is used, or the title on the previous post. Every post has a title above it, so if someone changes the title, the new title doesn't stand out and gets overlooked. If the default is to leave it blank, it will stand out on the few occasions when someone actually enters a title on his/her post.
Also not a serious problem though, not as much as the other two parameters I mentioned...
I guess I can also just disable it and see how many people complain.
Message Posting and Editing Options
Quick Reply
( ) No
( ) Yes, Click Not Required
( ) Yes, Click Required
If you enable Quick Reply, a box will appear on the showthread.php page allowing users to reply to the current thread without needing to load the full newreply.php page.
When Quick Reply is enabled, you may specify whether or not users must click the Quick Reply icon in order to start typing in the Quick Reply editor.
If you choose not to require a click, the system will not know to which post a user is replying, making both the threaded and hybrid display modes nonsensical.
We strongly recommend that you set the option to require a click if you use Quick Reply and have Threaded Mode available on your forums.
Where is this option/feature? I've been looking and can't find it.
Weird, I tried to type directly into the quick reply box earlier and I had to click on the icon. However, this reply allowed me to type right into the box.
Also since it has been a week since I disabled the threaded mode view and nobody has complained, I have to assume not too many people use it so I enabled the no-click quick reply option.