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Do you think nested quotes should be automatically removed?
q_q_:
--- Quote from: cjd on September 21, 2008, 06:37:25 AM ---I am an old bird and I like to play with the smilies in moderation :-[. I noticed what you are talking about with the quotes it seems to be a glitch that truncates the part of the post that is not highlighted. I am sure something can be done to fix it. Lets bring it to Shlomo's attention.
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It can be easily explained as a "feature". It's clear what it does from my example. Nothing to do with "highlighting". Anybody technical will understand. It only wants one layer of quotes.
The philosophy of the software designers here is one of dumbing down, consistent with the smilies(targetted at a young, thick, childish or playful audience). But it's the quotes that is a proper problem. It's very obvious to me what is going through the software developers "mind" in producing something for kids or idiot end users. You do see it as a problem, (you happen to call it a "glitch"). You could be right that it's a glitch. But whatever it is, we agree it's a problem. And you'd like it brought to Shlomo's attention as I do. That's the significant thing..
Hopefully this thread will draw it to shlomo's attention.
I've just PMed him too.
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
I agree with qq, hopefully Shlomo can work out this glitch.
cjd:
--- Quote --- The philosophy of the software designers here is one of dumbing down, consistent with the smilies(targetted at a young, thick, childish or playful audience). But it's the quotes that is a proper problem. It's very obvious to me what is going through the software developers "mind" in producing something for kids or idiot end users. You do see it as a problem, (you happen to call it a "glitch"). You could be right that it's a glitch. But whatever it is, we agree it's a problem. And you'd like it brought to Shlomo's attention as I do. That's the significant thing..
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That's an interesting point of view however I think its just a matter of giving the buying public what they want and not so much a case of thumbing down. For example years ago CompuServe and AOL were almost on even footing AOL had all the features geared to a younger user CompuServe stuck with a more Conservative outline and lost market share to the point that they were bought out by AOL. The fact of the matter is that young folks use computers outside of business far more than older folks and most programs are geared to what they like. Also most people developing software are in their 20's and 30's so its a young peoples business and whatever is produced will reflect a younger mentality. Granted their are some folks in the business who are older but the vast majority are not. The smiles are a extra and they can be funny and used to make a point when used accordingly or be completely avoided. The quote thing is a problem because unless our members proofread they will be using quotes that are pointless in some cases. Let's hope Shlomo can correct the problem without to much work.
q_q_:
yes, though note that i am not saying we shouldn't have the smilies..
and for te sake of correctness, I would point out that somebody writing software, whether he is 12 or 22, is a techie and is not going to include smilies for his own personal fun either. It's done for a certain audience. And by the way. AOL and I suppose compuserve too, are both aimed at non techie audiences. And btw, when I refer to kids, i'm referring to a state of mind really. There are serious/mature kids or kids that aren't amused by smilies. But i'm not against the smilies.. We have kids here, and I can live with them getting their fun with things like that. And this is all secondary philosophical musings .
the primary point is the quoting.
Dr. Dan:
the smilies are fun, but you do have a point...we may need to cut down on a bunch of them and keep relevant ones.
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