Moderators or higher up....

[lester]

There is nothing to "FIX', its not broken. I'm sorry you dont like the layout, but i'm not prepared to make this change. It involves work that will create re-work for me each time there is a forum upgrade, i'm not prepared to commit to that.

[Charlie]

Nobody wants to make more work for you, Lester - but if the opportunity arises... I find this annoying too and have been caught by it more than once. Don't think of it as a fix, but rather a usability enhancement.

For me, the similarity in the titles is the issue, given "Post Quick Reply" and "Reply to Thread" are very similar, and "Reply to thread" is bigger and high contrast, it's an effort to not click it.
Would it be the same pain (or would it help) to change the text on "Post Quick Reply" to simply "Submit"?

A minor issue, not high priority, but I'm betting there are a lot more folks have done it than just us three.

[aratti]

I had the same problem twice. I just didn't report it before!

Al.

[Heckler]

Would it be possible to move (or duplicate) the button "Post Quick Reply" so that it is up next to the "Reply to Thread" button?
That way at least the user would be more likely to click that button to post their comments rather than clicking the "Reply to Thread" button by mistake a second time.

I assume you (Lester) are indicating that this Forum software is a canned software that, each time updates come out, would require you to re-patch the code.
Possibly, if that is the case, it would be better to forward this thread to the owner of the Forum code so they could include the "Fix" to the code directly.

It really is heartbreaking to spend some time replying to a post with techincal details, re-writing you comments to make them more clear, etc. etc. to then find that all your thought just evaporated into thin air.

[mackrackit]

Write your replies in a separate text editor and when you have it like you want, copy/paste into the forum. If something goes wrong then you still have what you typed.

[Demon]

I often CTRL-A CTRL-C, just to keep a backup.

Robert