Could This (new discussion format) Be Any Worse?

Hi CCC,

Thanks for pointing me to the "Tool" for inserting the OP's post. When moving to the advanced editor, the tool disappears because the reply-to post has been inserted.

Now moving to advanced editor...

And nothing. Back to the drawing board.

Regards,

Ian.

ChitlinsCC wrote:

Ian

I think the reference is to the "Tool" for inserting the OP's post - like this in the Simple Editor

Yellowbox wrote:

Hi Ziatron,

This is how I do it.

Quote from the Original Poster, when copied and pasted into a reply, has a blue background:

I've been participating in the Apple support forums for a good many years.

Quote from a reply (not the Original Poster) appears as white background:

I no longer have the ability to quote someone text. I now resort to using the arrows as shown above.

After pasting into a new reply, select again and press command i (italic)

I no longer have the ability to quote someone text. I now resort to using the arrows as shown above.

Italic will distinguish the quote from your reply.

Regards,

Ian.

Unfortunately, when one switches to "Use advanced editor" - tool is mysteriously absent

I already looked under the ">>" pullDown... "Insert" there just puts a Blank quoteBox inline.

(Ian, I am walkabout-ing the Editor issue - I like the additional tools - but miss the quoteTool)

Ask Ziatron if he is an AdavncedEditor fan like me 😉

CCC

Trying again. The "Tool" has inserted your reply.

Now moving to advanced editor...

OK.

IMHO, quoting the whole reply is wasteful. It makes the whole thread very long and hard to follow. Just my opinion...

Regards,

Ian.

Why all the white space and large fonts? Is the format of this forum designed for use on an iPhone? I have a 27-inch iMac and I want to see as much information as possible at the same time. What's the point of large, high-resolution monitors if the format of the forum is like it is now? I've noticed that this sort of idiotic format is also used elsewhere (for example, Constant Contact). What the **** is going on?

Where would be the best place to tell Apple about our displeasure about the idiotic design of the support forums? This page http://www.apple.com/feedback/ is for feedback about software and hardware but where should we complain about the forum?

Try this one.

https://ssl.apple.com/support/feedback/

Thank you, stedman1.

Ian,

Wait a minute! When you say "... switch to the Advanced Editor, the Quote has already been inserted..." do you mean that the quote insertion is automatic function of the switch to AdvEd, or do you mean that I have already shown the insert step in SimpleEdit? If you mean the former, I have not witnessed that.

OK, I agree that quoting the whole reply is wasteful (with rare exceptions). My desire generally is to address portions of the quote rather than the whole thing anyway. Lotsa people do this: --------insert the whole quote then deleting parts not wanted ---------------

Yellowbox wrote:

ChitlinsCC wrote:

Ian

I think the reference is to the "Tool" for inserting the OP's post - like this in the Simple Editor

...

...Trying again. The "Tool" has inserted your reply.

Now moving to advanced editor...

OK.

IMHO, quoting the whole reply is wasteful. It makes the whole thread very long and hard to follow. Just my opinion...

Regards,

Ian.

Then I generally give EMPhasis in the quote as shown to the reponses I am making.

Just personal pref, that.

Quivering with anticipation as I await clarification on QouTe INSERTION !! 😝

higher regards,

CCC

You are quite welcome.

You have to got to safari view and Zoom out --- each time you access this site so yes it is for tablets and iphones - so sad.

PayPal's latest format also follows this idiotic practice of too much white space.

John Link wrote:

PayPal's latest format also follows this idiotic practice of too much white space.

True, its nothing but a rancid FAD based upon 1980s style Japanese hyper-minimalism

its based on a look, not on function, or intuitive workflow

Large fonts ? Consider yourself lucky. The Forum fonts on an iiPad are miniscule. I doubt the Forum was designed with iPhones in mind.

notcloudy wrote:

You have to got to safari view and Zoom out --- each time you access this site

I've raised this so often. Surely it's not rocket science to insert a page size option.

bobseufert wrote:

Large fonts ? Consider yourself lucky. The Forum fonts on an iiPad are miniscule. I doubt the Forum was designed with iPhones in mind.

I guess I wasn't too accurate about the font sizes. Some of them are ok on my iMac, but some of them are way too large.

Was it always necessary to log in to the forum after closing the browser window? I have a recollection that it wasn't, but I'm not certain.

notcloudy wrote:

You have to got to safari view and Zoom out --- each time you access this site so yes it is for tablets and iphones - so sad.

Zooming out helps only partially, since it does not change the proportion of white space or eliminate the wasted vertical space.