Quick Reply Feature

[NDman]

I just tried it and it didn't there does not seem to be an option in the CP to turn it on or off. It looks like the setting is global.

Ah, that'd explain it. I posted right when Derek posted his. Cool

[felix]

haha ....

[koolly]

great idea

[Hellfire]

I haven't looked into this feature that much but I am worried about a performance hit since this quick reply box would have to be loaded on every page instead of the reply box simply loading when someone wants to reply. You obviously look at more pages than you reply to (or you probably should ) so I'm not sure this would be a good idea in terms of keeping the site speedy.

Why not try it for a few days or a week and see if performance takes a huge hit like your worried about? If it does, end of trial. If not, it can stick around for awhile

I'm not sure about the hardware side of RFD, but notebook forums is comparable to RFD in terms of users online, and the site is not slow.

672 online for notebook
688 online for RFD

And its not every page, just ever page of every thread. No quick reply unless your viewing a specific thread.

[felix]

hmm .. or you can maybe make it so that it only shows if you've posted at least once on the thread. Because I know for me if I responded to a thread once (especially with email notification enabled), the chances of me replying to the same thread again are higher than other threads I read.

[turanuk]

did this ever go anywhere? I'd be interested in this feature as well. I don't think it would really be a load time issue as it's just an input box really.

[Hellfire]

did this ever go anywhere? I'd be interested in this feature as well. I don't think it would really be a load time issue as it's just an input box really.

Sadly no, but hey, maybe now the mods are willing to reconsider?

[felix]

I would like this feature too! So it's still not possible to make it an option for each user? Especially if we can customize it to add the smilies panel, that would be so awesome!

[Shaner]

I really, really hope we can get a quick reply feature on this site. Not having one drives me nuts.

If you're worried about a performance hit, then just have the reply box on the last page of the thread, instead of every page.

www.j-body.org has that feature like I described. You have to go to the last page to use the reply box, but it's still there.

Please consider it!

[Shaner]

Any update???

[wanted]

I'd like it too, used it another forums, it was great.
Please consider this Ryan and Derek.

[Headhunter]

I've found this feature useful on other messageboards, wouldn't mind seeing it on RFD.

[TinyTank]

This is a great idea. Hopefully we can implement this into the forums.

[blackhawk]

It would be nice for the mods to try it for a week or so to see the impact on the site or else allow it to be enabled for only select members maybe.

Its a nice feature at other sites I use.