Private Messages: Could we have a "reply" button?
Apr 9, 2004 | 12:57 am
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Private Messages: Could we have a "reply" button?
Currently when we access our private messages, there are two buttons: FORWARD and QUOTE. Could the QUOTE button be changed to say REPLY? The first time I accessed a Private Message, I couldn't figure out how to respond. It was a day before I tried QUOTE - and voila, there was a reply screen.
Apr 9, 2004 | 8:18 am
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Originally Posted by John at Webflyer
That threw us at first too. That might change as part of the graphic redesign, but would it throw you if the default behavior of a reply button was to quote the original message?
Apr 9, 2004 | 10:35 am
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I too was confused with the lack of a "reply" button initially.
No, that would work fine. I can always delete the quoted original message if I did not wish to include it in my reply.
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Originally Posted by John at Webflyer
That threw us at first too. That might change as part of the graphic redesign, but would it throw you if the default behavior of a reply button was to quote the original message?
FewMiles..
Apr 24, 2004 | 9:48 am
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Any update?
Hi John,
Any update on changing this yet?
Any update on changing this yet?
Originally Posted by John at Webflyer
That threw us at first too. That might change as part of the graphic redesign, but would it throw you if the default behavior of a reply button was to quote the original message?
Apr 24, 2004 | 2:19 pm
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It is not intuititively obvious that QUOTE means REPLY. Thus we have requested our helpful hardworking FT IT folks to rename the tab. I would still like this change, as I think it is very confusing the first time that private messaging is used to figure out how to respond.
Apr 26, 2004 | 1:07 pm
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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
It is not intuititively obvious that QUOTE means REPLY. Thus we have requested our helpful hardworking FT IT folks to rename the tab. I would still like this change, as I think it is very confusing the first time that private messaging is used to figure out how to respond.
I agree with SanDiego1K on this point....it took me a few days to figure out how to reply and having the tag changed would be helpful.
But, I do love the new PM feature!!!! ^ ^ ^ ^
May 10, 2004 | 6:06 pm
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Originally Posted by John at Webflyer
...would it throw you if the default behavior of a reply button was to quote the original message?
How about "Reply with Quote"?
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May 11, 2004 | 8:43 am
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Perhaps I Should Have Written In RESPONSE To The Reply?...
Originally Posted by pdhenry
Yeah, it did... I couldn't find the button for quoting a public post in a reply. All I saw was "Reply" and "Post Reply".
How about "Reply with Quote"?
How about "Reply with Quote"?
So, if dan at WebFlyer is supposed to post a reply to the post pertaining to the Reply button, to quote the quote that had already been quoted from another post in at least one reply found in yet another post, would a reply about re-applying the Reply With Quote with a quote in a post that is posted in a timely manner be a proper reply?
...wait a minute...?!?...