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01-16-2003, 04:55 AM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Nederland
Distribution: RH 8 Psyche and Debian Woody
Posts: 373
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post reply & submit reply buttons
Hi,
I often find myself clicking the wrong (post reply) button when I answer in the small box below. Could the buttons be me to a more logical place (switch them)?
If I'm the only one stupid enough to do this, please ignore this message.
Anne
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01-05-2004, 02:53 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Germany
Distribution: Xubuntu, Ubuntu
Posts: 416
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You are not the only one, and I second the request. The 'post reply' button to the left of the quick reply window is a trap that gets me every so often.
Robin
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01-05-2004, 02:55 AM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Debian (server), Kubuntu (desktop)
Posts: 248
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same here, happens to me frequently.
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01-05-2004, 03:23 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
Posts: 19,192
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Ditto - and I should know better! Luckily, if i hit 'back' I don't lose all of my well thought out words 
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01-05-2004, 08:26 AM
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root 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 13,630
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I didn't know people didn't like the order. Is this better?
--jeremy
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01-05-2004, 08:41 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
Posts: 19,192
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I think the problem is that the "post reply" button appears (to new members and to inattentive people like me) to be the button to "post the reply you have just written". Also, the "submit reply" button isn't visible if you don't scroll your screen down far enough.
Could I suggest that the "submit" button be put more prominently and for there to be a small message to say that hitting "submit" will submit your quick message and hitting "post reply" will bring up the full form?
I did think of asking that a pop up window appear asking if you really want the full form if you hit "post" by mistake, but that'll be going too far.
BTW this is my second draft of this message - I hit "Reset Form" instead of "Submit Reply"! Must...train...self..to...hit...correct...button! 
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01-05-2004, 11:47 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Germany
Distribution: Xubuntu, Ubuntu
Posts: 416
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XavierP is right, the problem is not the Spell Check button but that the 'post reply' button to the left of the box is so prominent; who's going to read the small print above? (And actually, the notification 'you can still click the post reply button' just makes me go 'so what?')
Maybe the prominent post reply button should be under the window*, with spell check and something like 'Reply form with editor' underneath.
Robin
* edit: and it should actually post the reply, too 
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01-05-2004, 12:35 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Scotland
Distribution: Slackware, RedHat, Debian
Posts: 12,047
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Perhaps the post reply graphic on the left could go to the main reply page but also carry forward any information that is in the quick reply box.
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01-05-2004, 12:41 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
Posts: 19,192
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That'd be good, if Jeremy can implement it. Basically, we need to have the site proofed against people like me 
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01-05-2004, 01:04 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Lancaster, England
Distribution: Debian Etch, OS X 10.4
Posts: 1,263
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if nobody is that bothered by the new order of spell/submit can we please have it put back cos i keep hitting the wrong button.
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01-05-2004, 06:43 PM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: NY
Distribution: RH9, RH8, Slack, Vector
Posts: 497
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actually, in most cases i've seen around here, having people accidentally spellcheck their posts is a benefit to us all...
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