FeedBack on the Reply feature and how it can be improved.

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Hello

Just wanted to say the reply feature is pretty good but could be improved. I've made a list of things that should be changed, added or removed:

1. Leave the quote button in the "more options" section and when right clicking a message. I think the quote option is pretty good and should not be completely changed to the replay option but rather leave them together. I know you can still quote using `>` but having the button is a lot better and easier to use.

2. Show the reply button when hover over your own message. I know you can still reply to your own messages from the more option menu but I think it will be best if there is the quick button on hover for your own messages and other's messages. This is because people will get used to using the quick button to reply but when they'll reply to their own message, muscle memory will make them press the edit button instead. I think it will be better if there would be 4 buttons when you hover over your own message, the edit button being moved to the left.

3. Keep the `@` on/off option saved for all replies per account. Instead of having it on every time you replay it should be saved so it would be basically a global toggle instead of per reply toggle. 

4. When your textbox is empty and you press the backspace it should exit the reply mode instead of having to press escape then click the text box again to be able to text again. I think the escape button to exit should still remain but this could be an addition.

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5. I also feel like when you reply to a message and the person you replied to edited the message, it shouldn't be edited in your reply.

Edit: So far this is all the things i think could be improved. I don't know how it works on the server side and what options there are so I can't give my feedback on that just yet but I will definitely come with a reply if I find some more things that could be improved

 

Thank you for your time!

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  • Mikew
    • Keep the `@` on/off option saved for all replies per account. Instead of having it on every time you replay it should be saved so it would be basically a global toggle instead of per reply toggle

    This is absolutely required right now. A lot of the time there's no need to ping when replying, but right now you have to toggle it off every time which means people WILL be using it to cause unnecessary pings in the middle of regular conversations.

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  • CamJamX

    Hi,

    I was surprised more or less in the middle of a chat that all of a sudden the "quote" option is no longer available. So far I have used it very often to make clear what exactly my answer refers to. I only had a short look at the "reply" function, but in my opinion it would have a negative influence on the visual appearance of the conversation and as far as I saw I would miss the possibility to edit the quoted message (for example to shorten it).
    So I would definitely support the suggestion to keep the "quote" option.

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  • Voverė

    Dines Someone disliked your comment but you do have a point. I always wanted the ability to add collapsible boxes in messages, especially for long technical messages, announcements, guides and whatever else (similar to how many popular forums have them). It would allow huge walls of text to be more concise and easier to view. The same collapsible boxes could be used for quoting. That way, you wouldn't have to worry about duplicated text while also being able to see the quote in its entirety.

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  • Dines

    I love being able to click something to snap to the message being replied to, but would love to be able to turn off the 'quoted text'. I really dislike a lot of duplicated text - makes reading really difficult for me.

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  • jesusswag4dan

    I agree with this! also with toggle replies should be off by default unless the person specifically wants to keep it like that because most people never change the settings; it will get annoying like if you are a mod in a server and you get pinged because a lot of people reply to your message for whatever reason and don't turn it off, it'll end up drowing out people actually asking for help with things.

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