l, yeah, big quotes can also be annoying, but at least the replier made the effort of trimming something. That might be more trouble than its worth. I'm focusing on the easiest case, which I've seen enough of recently. I am talking about physically deleting the quote, as I was under the impression (I think from one of Wavey's "how to post" threads) that quotes chew up database space (and so bandwidth and cycles, I guess).
I think the likelihood of it happening after a page break without context is low enough to make unquoted immediate replies the default (and I guess only, if this is automated) option. IOW, I think the smaller burden would be to the few who have to click back a page to get the context of a reply than to those who've just read the previous post and are continuing with the thread. But that's my preference, and it's certainly debatable.
I'm trying to avoid asking people, b/c odds are they won't do it. Case in point: they don't do it now.
I'm guessing they won't be bothered to add a *snip* or ellipses, if they just want to reply as quick as they can. That's not to say that saving time is a bad thing. I can see ppl always using Quote instead of Reply in case someone else posts while they're typing. That's why automating out the quote in the reply only if it's directly after the originating post seems like a win-win for both readers and repliers: it automates out drudge work, and saves space and time.
AlphaWolf, your request is right inline with mine and it seems equally-low-hanging fruit ([ img ] -> [ url ] if in [ quote ]). I'm almost positive it's been brought up before and agreed on, but I think we were left waiting for whatever plug-in or mod it is that can do that with VB (see BRiT's plea).
digi, I'd rather the forum do it for me. I'd rest easier if people blamed HAL rather than me.
See how I replied to three different posts without a single quote tag? It's fun and easy if you give your short-term memory some credit!
Wait, what was I talking about?
I wonder because this auto-parser sounds like it would be editing the actual post that's stored in the database rather than making it invisible ala deleted/moderated posts. It'd be nice to see to whom the top post of the next page is referring even if it was to the last post of the previous page.
