Selective Quote feature removed?

Probably related to the gamedev5.net domain:
http://www.gamedev.net/topic/677858-page-loading-slowly-due-to-unreachable-banner-graphic/?view=findpost&p=5286480


I don’t see gamedev5.net/squote.js (or any resource from gamedev5.net) being requested anymore as well.

I liked selective quote :( One of the bright spots in this new forum software.

It looked to me like we got several new features, and we also lost some. Several visual styles changed slightly. Selective quote went away, and the editor doesn't handled raw mode as nicely any more. Also as was noted on here a few days back, marking a user as a spammer didn't remove spam in some sections of the site, which has been broken on updates before. The top users button is gone.

Some of the super-secret moderation tools look a little more fancy. The editor doesn't eat as many of my formatted posts. Posting feels easier on my tablet, but I cannot place exactly why. There have been some improvements.

The behind-the-scenes people tend to be quiet about software updates, normally happening invisibly to us blissfully-ignorant users. I imagine the problems of transforming the stock IPS system into our heavily modified system is keeping the green-labeled people rather busy.

But Why remove "selective quote"?

Why remove what has worked so well? Whats the rational behind this?

So to get around this you have to select a whole post and manually delete irrelevant stuff, what good does that achieve?

Selective quote was an addition beyond the built-in system. It is not a native part of ip.board software.

I don't know if gd.net has used a mod for it which is temporarily broken or if it is custom maintained by the folks in green, but either way, it was likely broken with the latest software updates.

But Why remove "selective quote"?

Why remove what has worked so well? Whats the rational behind this?

So to get around this you have to select a whole post and manually delete irrelevant stuff, what good does that achieve?

This is what I tried when I noticed the feature gone, except I couldnt figure out how to remove a quote within the quote (as it was at top of the quote... everything I tried just broke the formatting in one way or another)

Definitely want this back, its much more important than the basic "quote" feature IMO.

The top users button is gone.

Funny enough, the URL still works. The numbers are still accurate, the banner ads are gone and the fonts are changed, but everything else seems to work like they used to. The search even works still: https://www.gamedev.net/sm/

I miss selective quote too :(

would be awesome if it could come back

I want my selective quote back.

How is this thread not on page 10 by now?

That's not all. Seems the same issue has broken the gallery :(

http://www.gamedev.net/topic/678072-gallery-not-working/

Sorry to hijack but someone really needs to fix this...

Right now we have to trim back certain features in order to move to IPS version 4. We're in the process of discussing the path going forward but it looks like we will be moving the site more to focus on maintaining a public forum for discussion and making sure that our discussion software encompasses what people need the most. The monolithic version of gamedev.net that contained books, articles, etc etc is going to be trimmed back to favor community discussion.

making sure that our discussion software encompasses what people need the most...

I hate to necro this, but... 'Selective Quote' is one of those things that makes this forum software bearable specifically for discussion.

Without it I've largely stopped quoting other posts (which in turn, makes me less likely to reply to threads at all).

making sure that our discussion software encompasses what people need the most...

I hate to necro this, but... 'Selective Quote' is one of those things that makes this forum software bearable specifically for discussion.

Without it I've largely stopped quoting other posts (which in turn, makes me less likely to reply to threads at all).

I'll second that.

It wouldn't be so bad if not the editor also sucks for cutting down the qoutes manually.

I've also refrained from posting in some threads because I couldn't quote properly.

I start to reply, try to cut the quotes down, but failing miserably and then just closed the tab in frustration.

Between the lack of selective quote and the miserable and wretched editors (no wrap in raw mode, impossible to use in cooked mode if there's quotes, and sometimes unrecoverable bizarre broken quote closing) participation in community discussion is now being strongly discouraged.

By the time you've finished wrestling with the software to get it to do basic things, you're even more grumpy and curmudgeonly than usual.

Where did it go anyway?

Was selective quote a third party module for the forum software that wasn't compatible with a new version?

If so is there any time line for its devs to bring it up to date?

"No beer or selective quote makes homer go mmm-mmm."
"Go crazy?"
"DON'T MIND IF I DO!!!"

This will take some time to hash out. I don't know why it was removed, where it went, or what's required to get it back.

I'll look at it but no promises.

I'll look at it but no promises.

Selected quote works again. Different module now. Highlight and the hover menu will come up.

I think I know what happened, but that's a topic for another day.

Ohhh that's what that hovering thing was about.

Selected quote works again. Different module now. Highlight and the hover menu will come up.

Khawk for MVP.