Again, I'm just looking for a quick-and-dirty way to click twice and end up with "I agree" or "I disagree" without having to click on "quote," type out "Brilliant!" or "You don't know what you're talking about!" Especially when the board is slow. And without getting anyone's panties in a bunch because " You neg-repped me and I can't see your rep!!!11!!" So if somebody in charge could just knock me into the red, we can put this puppy to bed.
Regrettably not. If there was a single "rep controller", that's probably how it would be implemented. But there isn't. The code is spread out through 3 or 4 php files and one javascript file, as well as in 2 or 3 database tables (for the PDA hack and the rep in UserCP). Right now, it's not so much that neutral rep is left, it's that positive or negative rep is left, which is given a value of zero because the person is in the red. If the value is zero, it shows up as grey, and with "comments:". I actually don't even know where which file the PHP that actually controls the rep box is, though I could probably find it. Exactly the opposite, I'm afraid.
Because some comments are small enough that they don't merit an entire new post? Or because you are looking at a post that is many posts back from the very front and you don't want to derail? Readability of comments is much better than quote -> reply.
"What makes a good man go neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?"
