Quoting; was: FreeCAD Website Design

[bejant]

However, it seems that this forum hasn't implemented that capability. Many forums allow you to select part of the post, and quote only that part quickly. This forum only has a "quote all" button. The user needs to manually edit the quote to select only relevant parts, which is "hard work" for most users.

No, to quote only a portion, like I just did in this reply:

• Click the Reply button,
• Scroll down and swipe (select) the text you want to quote,
• Go to the top of the post that has the text you just selected,
• Click the button with the quote symbol at the upper right of that post.

That copies the text you selected onto the area where you compose your reply, along with some other data that will make up the text you quoted.

[vocx]

Scroll down and swipe (select) the text you want to quote,
Go to the top of the post that has the text you just selected,

Yep, that works. Thanks.

I've seen forums that have two buttons, one for "quote all", and one for "quote selected". I think that's more intuitive than this method.

[Kunda1]

That copies the text you selected onto the area where you compose your reply, along with some other data that will make up the text you quoted.

Wow...I did not know that. Is that supposed to be intuitive?

[PrzemoF]

Wow...I did not know that. Is that supposed to be intuitive?

I tried and it really works! I didn't know that either!

[bejant]

Yep, that works. Thanks.

You're welcome.

Is that supposed to be intuitive?

I tried and it really works! I didn't know that either!

I don't know if it's supposed to be intuitive or not. I probably learned that from Norm, before Jim added the how-to in the second post of the "IMPORTANT: Please read first before asking for help" section because some people weren't quoting correctly:
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 264#p64293
So, thinking about that a bit more just now, maybe it's not very intuitive...

[GeneFC]

This latest twist in this thread is so ironic it is hilarious.

The quoting instructions are in the infamous red box, "IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help".

Of course those instruction are about 10x too long, especially for those whose native language is not English.

Gene

[ezzieyguywuf]

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No, to quote only a portion, like I just did in this reply:
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That copies the text you selected onto the area where you compose your reply, along with some other data that will make up the text you quoted.

The quoting instructions are in the infamous red box, "IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help".

A) Didn't know about the nice, easy-to-use "quote only a part of a post" feature.
B) Admittedly, I've probably only skimmed the infamous red box post. Whoops!

So thanks bejant! And also, I do think it is helpful to include portions of relevant posts as quotes in replies.

[vocx]

B) Admittedly, I've probably only skimmed the infamous red box post. Whoops!

I think that box is meant, above all, to remind users to include their FreeCAD information when asking questions. Quoting usually works the same on most forums, so most users expect it to work as they are used to already. It's the first time I see this particular quoting mechanism for quoting parts of posts.

[GeneFC]

I think that box is meant, above all, to remind users to include their FreeCAD information when asking questions.

I think you are incorrect. There is a whole list of important suggestions. Yes, FC information is often important, but many help requests would not even be necessary if, for example, people were using up-to-date versions of FC.

Gene

[vocx]

I think you are incorrect. There is a whole list of important suggestions. Yes, FC information is often important, but many help requests would not even be necessary if, for example, people were using up-to-date versions of FC.

Gene

Sure, it's part of the same thing. By indicating they are using an old 0.16 version, people would immediately advise them to use a newer version. That's the best advice you can give, "make sure you are using a recent version", which is why quoting indications are disregarded.