This past week I took a vacation. I turned off the work computer, which is something I generally haven't done in the past.

Additionally, I don't have as many people helping me internally as I used to. As such, I don't have as much time as I used to. Additionally, the moderators used to be better at hounding me a bit on the topics that were critical. We've actually pulled on a couple of people that can help with some of the requests you guys are making, but like everything, it is a matter of priorities.

The # button on the quick reply seems "low priority" to me since all it does is add tags. That takes about two seconds for a person to type on a slow day. Adding things like the "rate this post" text seemed like a higher priority since it was something that was hard to figure out if you were a newbie.

I can look at adding the # button to the quick reply; however, we are looking to upgrade this forum (if it didn't happen while I was on vacation). We want to see if the newer version helps with some of the speed issues. If we hack in the # button before then, it could go away again.

If you think I've not responded to something that needs attention, then hound the mods and me. If the mods bring up an issue in their private forum, then there are a couple of us that will see those requests.

Brad!