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To make it so you can see the username you are replying to when trying to reply to a certain post?

So, as a constant reader and random poster, I have noticed that when I want to reply to a specific users post and refer to said person in the post, I am not able to see the name of who I am replying to. With so many unique names on this board, it would be cool to be able to see the user addy of the one you are replying to in order to accurately identify them when replying.

It may already be there and I missed it, but for those like me this would be beneficial I believe.

Just a thought...

Ugh. Nevermind. I feel like an idiot now. I see where I can see it. All the way at the bottom of the reply page. Sorry for the worthless thread.

The one thing I wish could be changed, but probably cannot, is to keep the post you are replying to constantly available to view until you post your reply.

I'm probably not explaining this right, but it drives me nuts when I make a response, and click "preview", then think to myself, "Self, did you answer all of the questions in that post that you wanted to address?", and I have to answer saying "Self, you know what? I'm not sure." Then I have to open a second window, with the original post in it, and that switching back and forth takes 100% of my attention span and I can no longer enjoy the voices in my head.

If there were a way to keep both the reply box, preview of the reply, and the original post responding to all on the same screen, that would be tremendous, but it would probably take gamma irradiating the board software, and adding cybernetic implants from some extra-dimensional sentient blueberries or something in order to pull that one off. (I figured I'd throw that one in in case any poster wanted a new quote for their signature)

Anyway, since this thread will probably be gone soon, I figured I'd add my issue anyway.

If you've only hit preview, just use your back button. Your edit box and the responding to post will be there, if you like it, you can use the forward button to return and confirm it, if not, edit it.

Do the voices sing or just chant stuff like redrum?

If half the time you go back and your text is gone and the other half it's there, I'd give serious thought to changing browsers, that's just weird.

My posts have never been gone after clicking the back button.

I always copy my reply before hitting the back button or submitting. That way if there's a glitch I don't have to retype everything.

Yeah, I should do that ..... and generally do ..... but it seems like when I forget to, it's always a miles long post that goes into more detail than it should ......

You must forget a lot then...

You could always hit quote instead of reply, then the post comes with you for reference... then you type your own stuff and when you are done, if you don't want to quote the entire original, delete the original out before you post.

That's a good idea.

Netscape does that for me too. Sometimes I think it might be my US Robotics modem but their tech support is impossible to reach.