When i click on "quote" lots of times a loading bar pops up at the top of the screen. I'm a Firefox user... If that makes a diff at all

Under your profile, Look and Layout check Use quick reply on topic display: show, on by default
That should fix it.

I was just about to start asking questions. This thread was helpful. If some of these issues are going to be ongoing then maybe the fixes can be put in a sticky.
Thanks for the help.