Quote in Reply User Script for Lifehacker Commenters [Exclusive Lifehacker Download]

Category: Science/Tech | Posted by laraib 1476 days ago

Firefox with Greasemonkey: The comment threads here at Lifehacker can get lengthy, and when you want to reply to a certain point someone made 12 comments up, it's not as easy and readable as it could be. Sure you can hit the convenient Reply (arrow) button next to a comment to link back to it, but it would be better if you could quote the person you're replying to easily. Instead of doing the whole copy/paste/HTML markup dance by hand, install our brand new Quote in Reply Greasemonkey user script. With this script enabled, you can select text in someone else's comment here at Lifehacker (and other Gawker Media sites), and when you hit the reply button, the quote automatically appears in your comment, all italicized and pretty-like. After the jump, download and install the script.

Prerequisite: You must have the free Greasemonkey Firefox extension installed to use this script.
Click here to install the Lifehacker Quote in Reply user script.
Once you've got the script installed, when you're logged in, try selecting text in a comment, then clicking the reply button. All goes well, the quote will automatically appear in your comment box.
The Lifehacker Quote in Reply user script is in alpha—literally, no one else has tried it except me. Suggestions, bug reports, and Javascript expertise to make this bad boy better would be much appreciated. Give it a go and let me know how it goes below.