Non-standard quote button placement ?

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wearetheborg · #1 Post by **wearetheborg** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:01 am

I'm gonna get flamed for this, oh well...

In all the other forums I've been, the quote button is at the end of the post. Here it is at the top. To make matters worse, the profile button is at the bottom.
I'd suggest the quote/edit button being at the bottom, that way, peopel can read the post, and immediately click the quote button, instead of having to scroll up.

#2 Post by **pkiff** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:21 am

I'll try to keep the torch set to "lightly braise"

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I don't think you have a strong case that this forum is different than other forums. This forum uses a default theme that shipped with phpBB version 2.x. There are many, many forums that use this theme and therefore many users are quite used to seeing the buttons exactly where they are. If "all" the other forums where you post are set up differently, then you are probably frequenting forums run by vBulletin or a newer version of phpBB. By contrast, probably close to half of the forums I frequent have the quote button where it is currently in this forum.

...[Gulp! Am I really encouraging a discussion about this??!?]

Phil.

#3 Post by **bill bolton** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:49 pm

To quote our esteemed system owner, from a previous thread of similar nature about the button placements on the ThinkPads.com implementation of phpBB...

BillMorrow wrote:If one can read the manual for a thinkpad and operate the software then one can learn to cope with these trivial differences.

Cheers,

Bill B.

#4 Post by **carbon_unit** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:20 pm

BillMorrow wrote:If one can read the manual for a thinkpad and operate the software then one can learn to cope with these trivial differences.

That is a pretty nice way of saying "The buttons are not going to move so get used to it"

qviri · #5 Post by **qviri** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:43 pm

BillMorrow wrote:If one can read the manual for a thinkpad and operate the software then one can learn to cope with these trivial differences.

Ah, but that can be turned into "if one can read the manual for a Thinkpad and do some hardware repairs, then one can read the phpBB manual and move the buttons."

(I don't care about the location personally.)

#6 Post by **carbon_unit** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:05 pm

True!

The deciding factors are the amount of time required to make the change and the amount of motivation one possesses.

qviri · #7 Post by **qviri** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:37 pm

And the quality of the manual, perhaps!

#8 Post by **carbon_unit** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:43 pm

Right again!

dsigma6 · #9 Post by **dsigma6** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:15 am

Change the button because you don't like where it is? So screw the rest of us, huh?

#10 Post by **BillMorrow** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:32 am

now now now..

the quote button has been where it is for years..

i have too little time and very limited experience messing with the code..

these are two reasons the button will stay where it is..

hes right though, it probably should be at the bottom of a post rather than at the top..

Non-standard quote button placement ?

Non-standard quote button placement ?

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