Les, And if there is a distinct preference among the cohort for "bottom quoting" I am more than willing to follow that convention. This is a "when in Rome" thing, but there's been no fiat from the emperor that I'm aware of. I am certainly sensitive to not wanting to make messages any more difficult to read than they must be.
I'll disagree slightly, though, on participants occasionally not understanding what a message was referencing or in remembering what was said in other or very long recent threads. There have been a number of instances where my, "Was he/she reading the same thread I'm reading?," or, "Doesn't so and so remember that I/he/she said that very thing in thread X just two days ago? It doesn't bear repeating now," reactions kicked in. Brian, and this is an instance of thread drift that I think is helpful, JAWS-centered or not and original topic centered or not
