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First crack at a new quote feature - please check it out

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JustineMumsnet · 26/05/2020 17:19

Hi all,
We've released a new quote feature (finally you might say). I've attached some screenshots to show you where it's housed on site. Please give it a go so we can check it's working ok for all and across devices. We've taken the decision not to include threading for now - both because it would have been a lot more dev time and because it can affect the flow of conversations but this is something we can revisit in time if folks prefer. Please do let us know what you think/ further improvements etc. Big thanks.

First crack at a new quote feature - please check it out
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TheUnquestionedAnswer · 08/06/2020 01:26

@ContessaferJones

Test post....
also testing
KittenVsBox · 30/05/2020 21:35

@BIWI

If you quote someone, do they get a notification like they do when we @ them?
No, but if you are @ in a message that is quoted, you are notified you have been mentioned in a post.
00100001 · 30/05/2020 12:57

@ErrolTheDragon

The tech folk who bravely venture onto threads should appear in red, like the Star Trek shirts.
That would mean they're first to die...!!
Bookaholic73 · 29/05/2020 20:21

@JustineMumsnet

Hi all, We've released a new quote feature (finally you might say). I've attached some screenshots to show you where it's housed on site. Please give it a go so we can check it's working ok for all and across devices. We've taken the decision not to include threading for now - both because it would have been a lot more dev time and because it can affect the flow of conversations but this is something we can revisit in time if folks prefer. Please do let us know what you think/ further improvements etc. Big thanks.
Ooh, I like!
ErrolTheDragon · 29/05/2020 20:20

The tech folk who bravely venture onto threads should appear in red, like the Star Trek shirts.

TeenPlusTwenties · 29/05/2020 19:10

Mole I didn't really mean admin rights per se. Just that obviously to recognise someone was worthy of blue background there has to be some identifying software going on somewhere which marks those names/accounts as 'special'. Especially for formatting, that means they aren't going through exactly the same code as everyone else. So when working out whether formatting changes are working, that could be a bit dodgy.

MoleSmokes · 29/05/2020 18:19

"If Tech is blued up then that means they have special access rights etc, which is not what you want them to have if they are trying out features. You need Tech people to be seeing what we the users are seeing not some hyped up 'admin rights' version."

I didn't realise "blued up" was linked to all sorts of Admin Privileges. It is just handy having a way to easily identify someone who is speaking on behalf of Mumsnet when there are techie things on the go.

TheHoneyBadger · 29/05/2020 17:06

Is this what has crashed the server?

TeenPlusTwenties · 29/05/2020 16:28

I disagree. I don't think @Tech should be blued up.

If Tech is blued up then that means they have special access rights etc, which is not what you want them to have if they are trying out features. You need Tech people to be seeing what we the users are seeing not some hyped up 'admin rights' version.

I guess they need TechMumsnet for official Tech duties and TechUndercover why trying out features as normal users.

LaChatte · 29/05/2020 15:04

@Tech you should definitely be blue! All my stuff is up to date, not sure why I'm getting all code and no pretty stuff

MoleSmokes · 29/05/2020 14:50

Thanks Tech - still want to see you all blued-up though Smile

ErrolTheDragon - stop teasing me! Grin

BIWI · 29/05/2020 14:33

Didn't we used to have an Iris Dragon as well?

BIWI · 29/05/2020 14:32
Grin
SoupDragon · 29/05/2020 14:29

The best one, obviously, is Dragon

Hell, yeah.

ErrolTheDragon · 29/05/2020 14:25

Where do you find the codes for those "lesser-known emojis"?? They are wonderful!
Emoticons, not naff emojis!Grin
You find them hidden in old memories.
The best one, obviously, is Dragon
But Archers , Chocolate, Brew and Gin are good too.

Tech · 29/05/2020 12:35

MoleSmokes, back in the old days (sucks on pipe in manner of wizened old fisher person) the lesser known emojis used to be seasonal and we'd turn them on and off at different times of the year, which became an event in itself. Eee, it were a right laugh (goes cod northern in style of Hovis ad.)

We are going to review all the comments here - as Justine said this a first iteration of allowing quoting by everyone - and there should be some enhancements in the works.

We'll quickly fix the picture thing and the quotes breaking if specific strings are in them of course - as they are actively faulty and annoying.

MoleSmokes · 29/05/2020 12:05

Tech is it possible that you could make your posts blue like other Official Mumsnet posts to make them stand out and easier to spot? Smile

Having been on threads where people are using the new Quote function, it reduces usability because people are using it for different purposes and it therefore takes extra time and effort to work out what is going on - the requested "Partial Quote" and "Multiple Partial Quotes" would go a long way to solving this.

I am not suggesting that any of these are "wrong" - just that it takes extra time and effort to work out the relevance of the Quoted text:

  1. Quote used simply to flag a PP with the new post riffing off it in some vague way that may be obvious only to the person quoting.

  2. Quote where the whole of the quoted post is relevant to the new post.

  3. Quote where some part of the quoted post is relevant but it is not immediately obvious which part and it takes extra time and effort to work it out.

  4. Quote where more than one part of the quoted post is relevant to the new post so the new post is ambiguous in meaning.

I didn't realise how frustrating this was until I noticed that I was skipping posts containing new-style Quotes because it was taking up too much time trying to make sure that I had understood them correctly.

ps. Where do you find the codes for those "lesser-known emojis"?? They are wonderful! Smile

Tech · 29/05/2020 11:42

@OvaHere

I've not read the whole thread so apologies if this has been raised already.

There's an issue with quoting a post then adding an image attachment. It adds the image to the quoted bit which makes it look like the person quoted posted the image rather than the person doing the quoting.

Hi @OvaHere thanks, we're looking at that. We should have a fix for it in the next few days.
TeenPlusTwenties · 29/05/2020 11:09

giant I'm on a laptop. The quotes appear in a grey box with a dark grey line on the LHS. It looks nice.

giantangryrooster · 29/05/2020 10:31

I'm probably alone with this. But couldn't you make the quotes in bold. I've seen the new quotes on various threads, I think bold makes it so much easier to distinguish the comments from the quotes Blush.

00100001 · 29/05/2020 09:59

@TeenPlusTwenties

33 Did you just manage to quote my whole post and it not appear like that because of my
bit? That's clever. Smile[/quote] Ita because their code is a bit buggy... nothing to with my mad skillz Grin
OvaHere · 29/05/2020 09:15

@00100001

Nobody bolds partial words
Like this
First crack at a new quote feature - please check it out
TeenPlusTwenties · 29/05/2020 09:15

33 Did you just manage to quote my whole post and it not appear like that because of my [/quote] bit? That's clever. Smile

BIWI · 29/05/2020 09:15

Loving all the tech talk!

I have no clue what it all means though Grin just makes a change from all the coronavirus and trolling