This is just to help some of you understand one of the features of the forum software used here. I noticed that a number of you post several replies to a thread in succession, quoting the person you are replying to in each. You may not be aware that the software allows you to quote as many people as you like in a single reply with very little effort.
Most of you are familiar with the message reply buttons in the lower-right of each message. Some of you may not be aware of what the middle button is.
That's called the
Multi-Quote button. In each of the messages you want to quote from, just click the Multi-Quote button - you can click as many as you want and you can click the buttons on multiple pages of a thread - the button turns red.
When you have clicked all of the
Multi-Quote buttons in the messages you want to quote, then click either the big
Reply button at the top or bottom of each page, or click the
Quote button in one of the messages you want to reply to (instead of clicking the last Multi-Quote button, you can click the Quote button in that message). If you click a Multi-Quote button you didn't mean to, or changed your mind, you can click it again and it will revert to it's original state and will not be quoted.
When the message composition editor opens up, you will find all of the messages you wanted to quote already formatted in the editor. There will be a space under each for you to add your comments concerning each message you are quoting (it is easier to read and understand if you remove those parts of the quoted message that do not pertain to your reply - just don't remove any parts of the [QUOTE] or [/QUOTE] tags).
This is just one of the many features available to users of this forum software. You don't have to use it, but if you think this will help you compose your replies better, I am happy to have introduced you to the feature.
Enjoy and post often.
Jim, a Segway gliding webmaster and forum operator