[pt17]

That is kiddie stuff. This is an adult forum. I don't need emoticons to tell people how I FEEEEEEL. I have words.

OK, how about losing your fixation with emoticons (which greatly helped other forums) for a minute and think about ease of use functions for people who may have trouble typing or arthritis. It is called being considerate and thinking of your users. I can't believe you think ease of use won't sell. Finally, I am sure that members of another (adult touring biker) forum that does have all the features could easily demonstrate that they too have an adult forum. They also use other kiddie stuff with icons and ease of use features like iPads, iPhones, Androids, GPS, FLIR HUD devices, etc.

[Darksheare]

“They also use other kiddie stuff with icons and ease of use features like iPads, iPhones, Androids, GPS, FLIR HUD devices, etc.”

GPS, FLIR, and others that you mentioned has no use in and for a political forum.
Grow up.

[DJ MacWoW]

Look, I don't try to run a marathon with herniated discs. AND if someone has difficulty typing you would think they already have some voice recognition software. This Grandma doesn't need smileys to make a point or speak with others. I have them on my email. NEVER used them. Kiddie stuff. How old are you anyway?

They also use other kiddie stuff with icons and ease of use features like iPads, iPhones, Androids, GPS, FLIR HUD devices, etc.

Glitz. Lets all whine cause iPhone doesn't work on FR and we can't PLAY when we WANT to!

Holy cow dude! You sound like a used car salesman!

[metmom]

OK, how about losing your fixation with emoticons (which greatly helped other forums) for a minute and think about ease of use functions for people who may have trouble typing or arthritis.

You're the one with the fetish about emoticons. The rest of us can live with out the eye candy.

If you like kiddie forums better, go there. There's no need to drag FR down to that juvenile level.

[Tainan]

FR needs a serious functional upgrade to include such standard features as post formatting, editing, object insertion, emoticons, etc

If you do the 'Greasemonkey' add-on to a Firefox browser it gives you almost all of the capabilities you mention.

Greasemonkey is a good browser add-on. Its a quick and easy posting helper.

[arderkrag]

They also use other kiddie stuff with icons and ease of use features like iPads, iPhones, Androids, GPS, FLIR HUD devices, etc.

From personal experience, iPads, iPhones, Android OS (Phones & Nook), and the Blackberry OS all work FAR better with FR than with several other, more up-to-date sites that I regularly frequent.