Reply box in a separate window

[motorollin]

If I'm replying to a thread and want to quote several people, it would be helpful for the reply box to be in a new window. I know I can context-click the reply button and open it in a new window, but then once the reply has been sent, the new window goes back to the thread and leaves the old window there with an un-refreshed view of the thread. I think that this would be a nicer way of doing it. Once the reply has been sent, the reply window closes and refreshes the orginal window's view of the thread. This is easily accomplished with Javascript.

Whaddya think?

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moto

[motorollin]

Well, PM uses popups. I don't mind them as long as it's a popup I instigated (except on my Amiga which is using unregistered iBrowse :-) )

I guess being able to view the whole thread on the reply page (in reverse order?) would be a good compromise. Or, if it's not too much work, how about having three options, selectable in the user's profile settings:

1. Standard (as replies work now)
2. View whole thread on reply page
3. Reply in new window

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moto