hi EM,
Is it possible to increase the size [height] of the reply text boxes.??
Its painful having to scroll up/down that small box to check the typed text, also its so easy to start typing before the OP's last QUOTE, only to find when you try to Submit, you get the error message, 'post too short'.
Attached a couple of images to show what I see on my screen.
Unfortunately I cannot for the life of me find how to change it.. However, I do have a work around.. In the attachment I've added look for the enlarge button.. Use that to manually enlarge it for long posts.
With regards to the extra stuff that you want pruning.. I've already chopped lots off the original version but will have a tinker