10-05-2024, 07:30 AM
I write these posts not as criticism, but just as observations of things which could be improved or things which seem awkward (I say this because I looked and most of the posts on the first page here are from me, but I'm honestly not complaining). Also, I didn't see this one posted already, and if it was, then please excuse me. Anyway, I suspect TSK is already aware of this, but the way two consecutive replies from the same poster works seems kind of wonky.
For example, If a person replies to a poster, it shows up as a quote from the person being replied to and then the reply. No problem there. However, if the same person replies to another poster (before anyone else replies on the thread), the subsequent reply shows up as an edit to the first reply and just appends the 2nd reply to the first one. Depending on if the person hit the reply button or just did a generic reply determines whether a quote from the 2nd person shows up. Is there a way to get to consecutive replies to show up as two separate posts?
The reason for asking this is, depending on the length of each reply, it can be difficult for the person being replied to to spot their reply unless the person replying separates each reply with some sort of a demarcation (I use a series of line spaces with "." in each to separate the two replies). Without some kind of a delineation between two replies it is difficult to see when someone replies to you because it might be buried in a reply to another poster. It's not a huge deal, but it's kind of awkward. I've experimented around with different features, but I don't see anything which can eliminate this without some sort of manual intervention (such as the inserted line spaces with a random character on each line, as noted above).
Is there a way to prevent this from happening? Or, is there some way to change how consecutive replies are formatted?
If it's an intentional space saving measure, then please just disregard my request, but if database table space is not an issue then I think it would be helpful if this could be fixed somehow.
Just passing this observation along.
For example, If a person replies to a poster, it shows up as a quote from the person being replied to and then the reply. No problem there. However, if the same person replies to another poster (before anyone else replies on the thread), the subsequent reply shows up as an edit to the first reply and just appends the 2nd reply to the first one. Depending on if the person hit the reply button or just did a generic reply determines whether a quote from the 2nd person shows up. Is there a way to get to consecutive replies to show up as two separate posts?
The reason for asking this is, depending on the length of each reply, it can be difficult for the person being replied to to spot their reply unless the person replying separates each reply with some sort of a demarcation (I use a series of line spaces with "." in each to separate the two replies). Without some kind of a delineation between two replies it is difficult to see when someone replies to you because it might be buried in a reply to another poster. It's not a huge deal, but it's kind of awkward. I've experimented around with different features, but I don't see anything which can eliminate this without some sort of manual intervention (such as the inserted line spaces with a random character on each line, as noted above).
Is there a way to prevent this from happening? Or, is there some way to change how consecutive replies are formatted?
If it's an intentional space saving measure, then please just disregard my request, but if database table space is not an issue then I think it would be helpful if this could be fixed somehow.
Just passing this observation along.
