I have to be honest - I'm not loving it. Half the time I write out a post in here, then realize that I need to add a smilie (so people realize that I'm being sarcastic, or just joking) and can't because it's in this box. Then I have to cut, hit Reply and paste in the new box, or I hit reply and then I have to type it all over again, plus it's in the way of the Hop To button. Of course, I'm a big pain in the butt, so you know how that goes.
SB,
Ha ha, I realized the smiley thing a while back. I seem to not be able to post anything with at least one smiley.

It's not a bad feature really, but that's why I seldom, if ever use it. Call me whacky!!

TIS