the quick reply is there for convenience. If you want to use the full reply otion, you can click "go advanced". I can change this so that it is more like it was before, if that's the general consensus.
I'm sorry to hear you aren't happy with how things are Snowdhild. I won't be reverting to the old setup, as the idea behind what you see is making the whole site into one powerful interactive fan-based entity. It is still in development, so please give any suggestions you may have to help me improve it.