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Thread started 08/25/03 7:47am

teller

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Feature suggestion

Lazy people just hit the reply button and start typing, which leads to these long, convoluted nested quote tables. How about automatically stripping out any quotes that nested more than 2 levels deep? Think of the storage savings, the reduced page-load, and the less cluttered threads...

<---hoping to do this myself at the bowling site
Fear is the mind-killer.
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Reply #1 posted 08/25/03 7:56am

SpcMs

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teller said:

Lazy people just hit the reply button and start typing, which leads to these long, convoluted nested quote tables. How about automatically stripping out any quotes that nested more than 2 levels deep? Think of the storage savings, the reduced page-load, and the less cluttered threads...

<---hoping to do this myself at the bowling site

I don't understand what u'r talking about...
"It's better 2 B hated 4 what U R than 2 B loved 4 what U R not."

My IQ is 139, what's yours?
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Reply #2 posted 08/25/03 7:56am

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SpcMs said:

teller said:

Lazy people just hit the reply button and start typing, which leads to these long, convoluted nested quote tables. How about automatically stripping out any quotes that nested more than 2 levels deep? Think of the storage savings, the reduced page-load, and the less cluttered threads...

<---hoping to do this myself at the bowling site

I don't understand what u'r talking about...
"It's better 2 B hated 4 what U R than 2 B loved 4 what U R not."

My IQ is 139, what's yours?
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Reply #3 posted 08/25/03 7:57am

SpcMs

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SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

teller said:

Lazy people just hit the reply button and start typing, which leads to these long, convoluted nested quote tables. How about automatically stripping out any quotes that nested more than 2 levels deep? Think of the storage savings, the reduced page-load, and the less cluttered threads...

<---hoping to do this myself at the bowling site

I don't understand what u'r talking about...

Yes, i think i do now.
"It's better 2 B hated 4 what U R than 2 B loved 4 what U R not."

My IQ is 139, what's yours?
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Reply #4 posted 08/25/03 7:57am

SpcMs

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SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

teller said:

Lazy people just hit the reply button and start typing, which leads to these long, convoluted nested quote tables. How about automatically stripping out any quotes that nested more than 2 levels deep? Think of the storage savings, the reduced page-load, and the less cluttered threads...

<---hoping to do this myself at the bowling site

I don't understand what u'r talking about...

Yes, i think i do now.

However, you should make something like this optional, which complicated the use/UI. So i'm not sure.
"It's better 2 B hated 4 what U R than 2 B loved 4 what U R not."

My IQ is 139, what's yours?
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Reply #5 posted 08/25/03 7:59am

SpcMs

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SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

teller said:

Lazy people just hit the reply button and start typing, which leads to these long, convoluted nested quote tables. How about automatically stripping out any quotes that nested more than 2 levels deep? Think of the storage savings, the reduced page-load, and the less cluttered threads...

<---hoping to do this myself at the bowling site

I don't understand what u'r talking about...

Yes, i think i do now.

However, you should make something like this optional, which complicated the use/UI. So i'm not sure.

Mayb you could start with putting the suggestion in the rules or on top of the forum or something. Of course there will always be some morons who quote whole threads just to say yay!...
"It's better 2 B hated 4 what U R than 2 B loved 4 what U R not."

My IQ is 139, what's yours?
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Reply #6 posted 08/25/03 7:59am

SpcMs

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SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

teller said:

Lazy people just hit the reply button and start typing, which leads to these long, convoluted nested quote tables. How about automatically stripping out any quotes that nested more than 2 levels deep? Think of the storage savings, the reduced page-load, and the less cluttered threads...

<---hoping to do this myself at the bowling site

I don't understand what u'r talking about...

Yes, i think i do now.

However, you should make something like this optional, which complicated the use/UI. So i'm not sure.

Mayb you could start with putting the suggestion in the rules or on top of the forum or something. Of course there will always be some morons who quote whole threads just to say yay!...


yay!
"It's better 2 B hated 4 what U R than 2 B loved 4 what U R not."

My IQ is 139, what's yours?
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Reply #7 posted 08/25/03 8:16am

teller

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SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

teller said:

Lazy people just hit the reply button and start typing, which leads to these long, convoluted nested quote tables. How about automatically stripping out any quotes that nested more than 2 levels deep? Think of the storage savings, the reduced page-load, and the less cluttered threads...

<---hoping to do this myself at the bowling site

I don't understand what u'r talking about...

Yes, i think i do now.

However, you should make something like this optional, which complicated the use/UI. So i'm not sure.

Mayb you could start with putting the suggestion in the rules or on top of the forum or something. Of course there will always be some morons who quote whole threads just to say yay!...


yay!

Exactly.
Fear is the mind-killer.
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Reply #8 posted 08/25/03 4:56pm

althom

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teller said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

teller said:

Lazy people just hit the reply button and start typing, which leads to these long, convoluted nested quote tables. How about automatically stripping out any quotes that nested more than 2 levels deep? Think of the storage savings, the reduced page-load, and the less cluttered threads...

<---hoping to do this myself at the bowling site

I don't understand what u'r talking about...

Yes, i think i do now.

However, you should make something like this optional, which complicated the use/UI. So i'm not sure.

Mayb you could start with putting the suggestion in the rules or on top of the forum or something. Of course there will always be some morons who quote whole threads just to say yay!...


yay!

Exactly.


Good idea! big grin
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Reply #9 posted 08/26/03 3:41pm

KoolAid

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althom said:

teller said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

teller said:

Lazy people just hit the reply button and start typing, which leads to these long, convoluted nested quote tables. How about automatically stripping out any quotes that nested more than 2 levels deep? Think of the storage savings, the reduced page-load, and the less cluttered threads...

<---hoping to do this myself at the bowling site

I don't understand what u'r talking about...

Yes, i think i do now.

However, you should make something like this optional, which complicated the use/UI. So i'm not sure.

Mayb you could start with putting the suggestion in the rules or on top of the forum or something. Of course there will always be some morons who quote whole threads just to say yay!...


yay!

Exactly.


Good idea! big grin


I still don't get it confuse
Man...if the org ever discovers this thread, you're gonna BURN. lol--Teller
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Reply #10 posted 08/26/03 6:50pm

althom

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KoolAid said:

althom said:

teller said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

SpcMs said:

teller said:

Lazy people just hit the reply button and start typing, which leads to these long, convoluted nested quote tables. How about automatically stripping out any quotes that nested more than 2 levels deep? Think of the storage savings, the reduced page-load, and the less cluttered threads...

<---hoping to do this myself at the bowling site

I don't understand what u'r talking about...

Yes, i think i do now.

However, you should make something like this optional, which complicated the use/UI. So i'm not sure.

Mayb you could start with putting the suggestion in the rules or on top of the forum or something. Of course there will always be some morons who quote whole threads just to say yay!...


yay!

Exactly.


Good idea! big grin


I still don't get it confuse


What's there not to get? hmm
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Reply #11 posted 08/26/03 7:32pm

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Admittedly, it makes a cool hourglass shape.
Fear is the mind-killer.
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