# Should "Reply" appear in the right gutter?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-reply-appear-in-the-right-gutter/45338
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [2016 年 6 月 4 日午後 1:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-reply-appear-in-the-right-gutter/45338 "2016-06-04T13:07:55Z")
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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [2016 年 6 月 4 日午後 6:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-reply-appear-in-the-right-gutter/45338/4 "2016-06-04T18:25:39Z")

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> [@Change right gutter to vertical timeline + topic controls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-right-gutter-to-vertical-timeline-topic-controls/44096/201):
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> I find I have not even once clicked on the loud blue reply button on the right

Same with me. I either  
read the topic to its end and use the topic Reply.  
use the post menu Reply (most often to respond to “tangential” questions)  
select - quote Reply as in this post.

Having a Reply to Topic in the timeline doesn’t seem useful to me.

The only scenario I can think of, that I might, but have not once yet, want to use that button is if I read the topic, went back to an earlier post to check “what was it he said?”, and then didn’t quote, reply to that post, or want to scroll back down.

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