If there's still any support for it, I'd also add my name to list of people who would rather have the default quote setting be without bold tags.
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Hey, I don't think I've ever quoted myself before. Wow. I think size 1 verdana kicks serious ass visually, especially when bold. I'd probably start putting my posts in that format, but it looks kind of miniscule compared to the width of the posts, at least on my monitor.