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I like them.
How can we improve quote boxes in scientific writing?
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DaleSpam said:
I like them too... but I miss the contrasting background color.
Math Jeans
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Well I think that they are cool.
I also noticed that My CP was changed to My PF.
wildman
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Good job
moe darklight
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wow, and the "rules" section just turned into the Dilbert homepage!
O... wait. I just pressed the wrong tab on my browser. Nevermind.
Anyway, good job on the changes. Variety's always nice.
O... wait. I just pressed the wrong tab on my browser. Nevermind.
Anyway, good job on the changes. Variety's always nice.
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The only thing is that when there is multiple quotes in the middle of text, it is harder to pick out what part is the quote and what isn't.
Although I think the design is great, there still should be some color difference.
Although I think the design is great, there still should be some color difference.
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Math Jeans said:
Yeah, I agree. The novelty wore off really fast when I had to strain to see what is and what is not quoted.
I suggest putting the whole thing in a box, so it's easier to discern.
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I think there needs to be some sort of contrast there.
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Poop-Loops said:
It seems that the quoted text is also forced to be italicized...
which hides the emphasis implied by italics in the original text.
The quick brown fox...
The quick brown fox...
The quick brown fox...
The quick brown fox...
The quick brown fox...[/color]
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robphy said:
... if I do say so myself.
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robphy said:
It was made italic beforehand as far as I remember.
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For the purposes of this forum, I really don't think the new quote format works. Can we get to choose which to display (old or new) -- I thought I'd switch the themes to see if it's available on the other one but the listbox at the end of the page is no longer available.
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octahedron said:
Nexus was dropped a while ago.
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Kurdt said:
Yes, I think you are correct.
...however, note Pervect's post, #13, (recorded by archive.org)
http://web.archive.org/web/20060313224027/www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=113730
The quoted text from a post is italicized.
However, the QUOTE /QUOTE (presumably manually-constructed) isn't.I guess one lesson in this
is that one should use bold, underline, or color[/color] or all three[/color] for emphasis.
(Side note: order of operations matter
all three[/color] vs all three[/color])
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Kurdt said:
I'll play with a little contrast. Stay tuned.
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I'm not a huge fan...
The contrast is my problem, I cannot differentiate between different quotes. I guess I'll have to get used to it though.
The contrast is my problem, I cannot differentiate between different quotes. I guess I'll have to get used to it though.
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ok I added a tiny bit of contrast.
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Looks good, thanks Greg
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Looks good, now we have the nice icon and the contrast.
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Thumbs up
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lisab said:Thumbs upGreg Bernhardt said:
Cool contrast...
...but is the forced italics necessary?
(If there was also a horizontal line (as thick as the vertical one on the left), you could have a slight 3-D effect.)
Poop-Loops
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Well I'm happy with them now. Thanks for doing that.
The forced italics come up on a lot of forums like that. I don't know who started it, but it's pretty standard.
The forced italics come up on a lot of forums like that. I don't know who started it, but it's pretty standard.
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Me too. They definitely look better with the contrast.
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Yea. It's a little had for us old folks to read.robphy said:
Oh, maybe it just this old computer.
_Mayday_
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Top stuff Greg! Thanks!
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Wow! I'm gone for a week and look what happens. Looks great, Greg!
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G01 said:
I was reading from my bf's computer yesterday, and suddenly saw all these strange quotes. I was about to tell him his computer was all messed up when I spotted the mentors discussing the quotes. 
PHEW! I like them now...the big quote mark is going to take a little getting used to, but that's all, just new and still startles me because I'm a creature of habit, but with the boxes around the text, I'm happy.
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The new quote appearance is very nice. I just found the spiffy drop-down menus at the top that appear to let me do things with threads that I don't know why I'd want to do them, but I might have to just to try the things out.
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I think a solid dark line underneath the quote (like the one at the left side), would look better than the greenish line all the way around.