Add a preview button to the comment quickreply

[foxfirefey]

There's a Dreamwidth patch I'd really, really love LJ to take up, and the community profile says contributions to LiveJournal code can be submitted here. It's adding a preview button to the quick reply comment box (more details here, including who made this beloved patch). I looked at the changes and they're pretty simple, so even if the patch

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[pauamma]

foxfirefey was looking for a server-based solution, so it can be made available to all browsers.

[foxfirefey]

I do thank you for this--I will use it until such a time it gets added to LJ itself!

[tupshin]

I like this idea, but since it's a feature/UI change and not just a bug fix, can you also submit the idea to http://community.livejournal.com/suggestions/ so we can get feedback on it?

Thanks.

[pauamma]

I was about to say that, with one addition: since it's also offered to other LJ-derived codebases, there's probably no need to go to suggestions first. (Which is not what you were suggesting as far as I can tell, just using your comment as a convenient hook.)

[aveleh]

Already in suggestions :) I submitted it over a year ago: http://community.livejournal.com/suggestions/820859.html

[foxfirefey]

So, I went and did this but it's still in the queue--looks like aveleh's post is pretty much just like it anyway!

[pauamma]

Definitely. :-) (Esp. if they match current suggestions - you may want to talk to azurelunatic about that. Or poke me and I will.)