Could someone explain......

[peter]

Real quick question re the threads at the start of this forum ( and perhaps the rest - I can't remember). Some titles are 'Sticky' - what is this? And some (the ones underneath the sticky ones) have a black right pointing arrowhead next to them. What does this signify? Probably both staringly obvious answers but could someone explain....
Also some of the left hand side 'icons' are flashing and some are not - What is this?

Thanks Guys.

[Auleliel]

They are sticky because they do not move, no matter how long it's been since they've been responded to. Somebody decided these threads were important, and wanted people to find them without searching through pages and pages of other threads. If you click on the black arrow, it takes you to the most recent post in that thread. The flashiness means that it is a popular thread. For more explanations of the symbols, scroll to the bottom of the forum, or ask.

[Vain]

Real quick question re the threads at the start of this forum ( and perhaps the rest - I can't remember). Some titles are 'Sticky' - what is this? And some (the ones underneath the sticky ones) have a black right pointing arrowhead next to them. What does this signify? Probably both staringly obvious answers but could someone explain....
Also some of the left hand side 'icons' are flashing and some are not - What is this?

Thanks Guys.

Sticky threads are ones we don't want to lose track of because they're important -well that's the theory

The black right pointing arrow will take you to the last post you viewed in that thread.

If you see an orange image then it means there's a new post since your last visit.

If the image is shaing its ass then it means it's a popular thread

[peter]

Thanks Guys. Thats easy enough even for me to grasp.

[CovenantJr]

If you click on the black arrow, it takes you to the most recent post in that thread.

All these years here and I didn't know that.

[stonemaybe]

If you click on the black arrow, it takes you to the most recent post in that thread.

All these years here and I didn't know that.

me neither!

[Fist and Faith]

...about the 50 ways...

[aliantha]

If you click on the black arrow, it takes you to the most recent post in that thread.

All these years here and I didn't know that.

me neither!

That makes three of us. And it took me about ten years here to figure out how to copy the location of a specific post (somebody had to tell me, I forget who).

Should I move this into the Q&A forum?

[Savor Dam]

Sounds like a good idea.

I knew most of this...only because I was tutored by the one known by some as the concierge of the Watch. Even so, I do not follow the orange dot tree, preferring the View Posts Since Your Last Visit linky.

[sgt.null]

i always use last posts or just search my name.

[Menolly]

...and then there is always the exception to the rule where either the orange dot tree or the arrow to the oldest unread post is being finicky, and it brings you to the oldest post you read on your last visit to the thread. Causing you to have to scroll to find the first unread post.

Still, I prefer it to using the "view posts since last visit" link, as spoiler tags tend to be revealed when I click on that.

[Auleliel]

All these years here and I didn't know that.

me neither!

That makes three of us. And it took me about ten years here to figure out how to copy the location of a specific post (somebody had to tell me, I forget who).

Should I move this into the Q&A forum?

I didn't know it either until I tried it.

[Vain]

I think this thread is proof that most functionality in most things is superfluous

[Krazy Kat]

Could anyone explain what 'the gap into spam' means?

As my post count has reached 1000, the avatar description which was previously 'Haruchai', has now changed!

[peter]

OK - How about this one.
When I post a reply on a thread by clicking the 'Quote' button I get the post that I want to comment on in the box and I delete the bits I want to until the relevant part I am comenting on is all that is left. Some people however, I note, are able to quote from more than one previous post in the same ....erm.....post (if you get my drift). eg they may at this point

have a boxed quote from Vain

and yet a little later

have a boxed quote from Aulelial.

Question; How do they do that!

[Cambo]

OK - How about this one.
When I post a reply on a thread by clicking the 'Quote' button I get the post that I want to comment on in the box and I delete the bits I want to until the relevant part I am comenting on is all that is left. Some people however, I note, are able to quote from more than one previous post in the same ....erm.....post (if you get my drift). eg they may at this point

Underneath the post box (heh. puns.), there is a window with previous posts of the thread. You can copy and paste any section of any post into your own post and then simply put it into quote brackets. For example, you were the last poster, and I quoted you above, and now I can scroll down a little further to find Krazy Kat's post...

Could anyone explain what 'the gap into spam' means?

As my post count has reached 1000, the avatar description which was previously 'Haruchai', has now changed!

Voila! I'm not sure, but I think it's a little joke at the expense of the high volume posters. As in, you have over a thousand posts, lots of them must be spam. Is it the highest rank in the automatic rankings?

Yay! I'm helping!

[Krazy Kat]

Could anyone explain why new shoes suddenly change from a silence footstep one day, into a noisy snow-crunching sound the next

[StevieG]

All the auto rankings are good until you reach "The Gap into Spam"! I can't help with the noisy snow-crunching sound as I rarely see snow, but I still would like to know about the new shoe phenomenon - turning into a noisy squeek the next day And it happens so quickly!

[I'm Murrin]

Underneath the post box (heh. puns.), there is a window with previous posts of the thread. You can copy and paste any section of any post into your own post and then simply put it into quote brackets. For example, you were the last poster, and I quoted you above, and now I can scroll down a little further to find Krazy Kat's post...

Interesting thing I've seen on more up to date forum software is the addition of quote buttons on the topic preview that will insert the post in question into the text box for you.

[aliantha]

Underneath the post box (heh. puns.), there is a window with previous posts of the thread. You can copy and paste any section of any post into your own post and then simply put it into quote brackets. For example, you were the last poster, and I quoted you above, and now I can scroll down a little further to find Krazy Kat's post...

Interesting thing I've seen on more up to date forum software is the addition of quote buttons on the topic preview that will insert the post in question into the text box for you.

I bet the new versions wash dishes for you, too. And ask you what you want on your pizza. And freshen up your drink on request. But alas, we shall never have them...

Anyway, the answer to your original question, peter, is that the only way to do it is manually. The software will do the first quote for you manually; you have to create second and subsequent quotes in the same post yourself.

I think this thread is proof that most functionality in most things is superfluous

Either that or we need a manual! Except that people wouldn't bother to read it, so that would be superfluous too!