04 Nov '08 11:03>2 edits
(this is very similar to my “A “replies to posts” search facility” thread: )
I often want to find the origin of the quote that somebody has replied to when he has used the “reply and quote” facility but this sometimes can be very tedious and time consuming because the person that has used the “reply and quote” facility may just show a tiny part of what the other person said in his post and it is often difficult to spot which post that quote was in and where in the thread that post is and also exactly where in that post that quote originated.
I am sure many of you have had this problem also.
So I propose that there should be a “show origin of quote” facility that, with just one click, takes you straight to the correct page number and post and, ideally, even highlights where the original quote came from within that post! -this would sometimes save a huge amount of time and tedium.
At the very least, what should be done is, instead of the quote in a “reply and quote” starting with just a comment like “Originally posted by FabianFnas” which only says who made the comment, the quote should start with a comment like “Originally posted by FabianFnas page 4 third post down” which would at least tell you where the post is in the thread thus saving time and tedium searching for the correct page number and location of that post when that post could be a large number of pages back.
Will some of you show support for that?
I often want to find the origin of the quote that somebody has replied to when he has used the “reply and quote” facility but this sometimes can be very tedious and time consuming because the person that has used the “reply and quote” facility may just show a tiny part of what the other person said in his post and it is often difficult to spot which post that quote was in and where in the thread that post is and also exactly where in that post that quote originated.
I am sure many of you have had this problem also.
So I propose that there should be a “show origin of quote” facility that, with just one click, takes you straight to the correct page number and post and, ideally, even highlights where the original quote came from within that post! -this would sometimes save a huge amount of time and tedium.
At the very least, what should be done is, instead of the quote in a “reply and quote” starting with just a comment like “Originally posted by FabianFnas” which only says who made the comment, the quote should start with a comment like “Originally posted by FabianFnas page 4 third post down” which would at least tell you where the post is in the thread thus saving time and tedium searching for the correct page number and location of that post when that post could be a large number of pages back.
Will some of you show support for that?