[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] [url=http://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Sam/en/View/Profile/index?mid=207851]Bungie Sam[/url]
I prefer quotes that look like this. Surely there's a simple script to do this?[/quote]One obvious reason for the removal of the original quoting format might be that more data is being stored. Aesthetics versus Memory.
[quote]Potatoes.[/quote]Bland. Who said that?[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] [url=http://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Sam/en/View/Profile/index?mid=207851]Bungie Sam[/url]
Potatoes.[/quote]Informative. Apparently Bungie Sam said that.
Of course, quotes can be forged.
For example
([b]The following quote was forged. Achronos did not actually say this[/b]):
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] [url=http://www.bungie.net/7_achronos/en/view/profile/index#!page=index&mid=1]Achronos[/url]
Something, something and so on. Hello! Potatoes![/quote]That can be done with the current quotes anyway, but users are not involved so perhaps the forced anonymity of the quotes is safer.
[quote]Something, something and so on. Hello! Potatoes![/quote]
[b]EDIT: [/b]
If you provide a permalink, one can check if the quote is genuine;
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] [url=http://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Sam/en/View/Profile/index?mid=207851]Bungie Sam[/url] [url=http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post?id=66231151&path=1](@)[/url]
I really need to learn how to interact with websites programmatically.
Right now I can only grab data from websites through a Windows form app that utilizes a browser.[/quote]
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I like the older quotes. If your in a situation where you're questioning the integrity of the quote, you can always either scroll up and check or ask for a link.