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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 - 5:01pmSanction this postReply
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Why does this forum software only enable reply formatting in MS Internet Explorer?

I'm perfectly capable of typing left_angle bold right-angle if I have to, and there are plenty of capable forum softwares around that can enable fancy editing.

And once it's decided to be unhelpful, why does the software then be insulting about it? "You are using the Gimpy Netscape text box." No, I'm in Firefox, and I don't need some crumby forum software telling me which browser to use.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 - 5:24pmSanction this postReply
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I don't need some crumby forum software...
Has anyone ever claimed that you are highly skilled at motivating people?

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 7:45amSanction this postReply
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You are so right.

If I were a better human being, I would have written a post that was effective at achieving its purpose.

If I were slightly better, I would at least not have posted that diatribe.

Perhaps it's too late for a 2nd try, but just for practice, I'll try anyhow:

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I like Rebirth of Reason, and find the posts here to be mostly well reasoned and worth reading. However, I am slightly frustrated by my inability to make a well formatted reply.

I don't use Microsoft's browser, because of its well known flaws, but I'd still like to use blockquotes, bold, italics, etc. in the posts I write.

Perhaps, if you have time one day, you could look at http://www.sitepoint.com/article/bb-code-php-application or http://sourceforge.net/projects/lensphp to see if you could easily add ubbcode to your post handling? I'd be glad if you did.

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 8:17amSanction this postReply
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I'll second that, and while you are at it rethink the byzantine ROR Mail. Try tabs instead of a new page for absolutely everything.

(Edited by Robert Davison
on 4/06, 8:18am)


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Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 9:21amSanction this postReply
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And get me a coffee while you're at it Goddammit!

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 10:23amSanction this postReply
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Cream no sugar!

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 4:09pmSanction this postReply
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I don't use Microsoft's browser, because of its well known flaws, but I'd still like to use blockquotes, bold, italics, etc. in the posts I write.


I don't use Microsoft's browser either, I use Opera, but I've no problem in using blockquotes (see above), bold, italics, underline,big fonts bigger and different fonts in different colors etc. etc. etc. etc.

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 4:09pmSanction this postReply
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Try tabs instead of a new page for absolutely everything.
Why, does something open in a new window on RoR? I never noticed. (I force all page loads to be in the same window with firefox... unless I right click and choose "open in new tab")

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