Tom Pfeiffer wrote:
>
> Yes, but haven't you noticed that when you reply to a message, your cursor
> is place above it, not below it? And if you happen to be on several lists,
> and they don't all follow the same protocol, it can get tricky to keep track
> of which way you need to reply to a particular message.
>
> Tom P.
Are there really mailing lists that require you to put your quote at the
bottom? I find this style of quoting quite counterintuitive and
sometimes hard to read, especially when message and quote don't fit on
the same page.
It's easier to read the question before the answer. Even more so in a
second or higher level of replies. IMHO, it's also preferable to split
up the quote and answer right after the part you are refering to, one
question at a time. It's much easier for me to quickly understand the
context of each answering paragraph.
All this becomes still a lot more important if you are like me - crazy
enough to read and reply to those mails on a Palmtop device with a tiny
screen that shows just about four to five normal length lines on a page.
;-)
Finally, long quotes and multiple footers really ruin a digest easily. I
even like to have the cursor at the top of the quote first. That way, I
can work through the quote from top to bottom, erasing the parts I don't
refer to and inserting the answers directly below the questions.
Thomas Bantel
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