WYSIWYG quoting

Nope

Nested quotes do need a little coaxing, though.

Indeed.

A fix in the future would be very cool.

Rule #1: don't try to paste html into a quote.

Rule #2: don't nest attributed quotes.

Even as an IT professional I have more issues using these forums than any other on the net, and highly recommend updating the software, or at least replacing the WYSIWYG.

Ah....the number of times it's an IT Professional that has issues where a rank amateur doesn't.

In the immortal words of Stairway to Heaven....

"It makes you wonder...." ...;)

Does doesn't it, I've even written custom forums; and you don't seem qualified to speak as a rank amateur.  I am not the only one on your forums complaining of issues.  Thanks for your help, if you don't want mine don't host a support forum.  I have better things to do with my time than quibble with an under-worked employee.

One can but dream....;p

There are a few things I'd change with this one. There are a few forums I like better but they would probably croak under the volume this system gets. As a former IT professional who got tossed out of the market by college degrees and who spends time now tutoring people on how to use their software, this one is a piece of cake from the base user point of view. Most of the complaints I have heard are from the "pros" who try to get it to do something it isn't exactly supposed to do (thus the wish list) Maybe someone could post the number of users to this forum and we can compare to some other systems. I'm not so sure this isn't custom build.

I started with computers in 1989 with DOS apps like AutoCAD and WordPerfect (remember dial-up BBS?) and was dragged kicking and screaming into Windows 3.2. Novel was a nice challenge long about 1991. None of what I learned back then can be used today.  I know I sound stupid with the questions I have and how I get stuck, but brain injury and medications will do that. I wish I could go back to then when I actually was considered pretty good.

Didn't have WYSIWYG for nearly any IT jobs, or even a menu. Sometimes we made it up as we went along and it still worked. WYSIWYG spoils people.

Contributors to this thread alone come from 4 'separate' Stardock-owned sites, and there are more than 4.  People complain about the sites' cross-posting but its only potential downside [really] is with the complexity of DB handling for so many not-quite-separate forum locations.

Someone closetted within an insular space...like 'Elemental' [or 'Wincustomize'] may simply be oblivious to the real extent of this system-that-always/sometimes-appears-wonky, particularly those NEW to these forums [a month], whether IT 'Pro' or not.

Ah....WYSIWYG....when I started WYG was a pile of punch cards spat out with an 'error on line 5'.....and another go at the paperclip punching more holes.....and another wait for free time on the mainframe...;)

"error on line 5" That SO dates you. When I was in high school (75-77) I used to help my friend error check his cards and learned the importance of marking the order on the corner. This way when a budding programer came out of the card reader in total frustration and threw his cards in the air you could at least tell if one was missing. I thought then if this was the new thing people should learn then forget it. I should have given it a try but even back then there was a waiting list for the class. 1989 is a long time past then, so much easier now.

Although cutting back dramatically, I have been coding for more than two decades (still preferring CLI's); and I must admit that the interconnectedness of these forums is very nice.  Having used quite a few WYSIWYG editors in my day, I am merely highlighting an area that as both a professional and one of your customers, could use some improvement.  Most users will certainly find it adequate, but if you haven't noticed, Stardock tends to attract consumers of slightly above average savvy.  Assuming so can only benefit your public relations.