Good point, Jeff. I was just trying to imagine how many vertical lines there could be for each person's response. Uh-oh! And here I've just top-posted. Well, now I can get an idea of how that messes things up.
*~Diane* On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Jeff Grossman <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 5:44 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:01 AM, Jeff Grossman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 9:22 PM, Kenneth Ayers <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Diane, >>>> >>>> On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 8:31 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 8:25 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The best method to reply is to do what I've done here with your >>>>>> message. I've replied by inserting my text cursor at the point in your >>>>>> message where I went to insert my reply and then hit enter a couple of >>>>>> times before typing. My reply is no longer indented with your message so >>>>>> it clearly appears to be written be me instead of by you. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ken, can this be done without confusion when a lot of back-and-forth >>>>> replies are done? I don't necessarily mean with several people, as might >>>>> happen in this group, but when two people are having a lengthy discussion? >>>>> I'm guessing it can be avoided by picking and choosing the comments to >>>>> reply to inline. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Yes, it can be done without any confusion as long as all of the >>>> conversation participants reply as you did above and as I'm doing now. >>>> Also, try to avoid deleting those "On date at time, someone wrote:" lines >>>> that are inserted when replying to someone's message as they and the >>>> vertical lines help to identify the person to whom you and the conversation >>>> participants preceding you are replying. >>>> >>> >>> Yes, it gets very confusing when in a lengthy conversation different >>> people post differently (i.e. some top post, some bottom post, and others >>> reply inline). Trying to follow a conversation like that is very tough. >>> Is it best for all parties to reply in the same manner. >>> >> >> So I see, Jeff! This string is a good example of everyone's replying >> in the same manner. I imagine at some point it is time to stop and begin >> anew if there is still something to say on the same topic. >> > > I don't necessarily agree with that. Sometimes having the history helps > with the conversation. If you start a new topic/thread then you will lose > the history from the other one. > > Jeff > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/gmail-users/UOL0T0GmxJM/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
