Well, that bit of javascript should work in any browser worth it's name, except for text based browsers like lynx or links. (Although they might be able to run javascript now, haven't checked in quite a while...)
It's easy enough to not allow the quick reply to be sent without first having clicked on the reply button of one of the posts in the thread.
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