On 09/08/2016 03:12 PM, Nerobro via KRnet wrote: > So the > only real justification I can see for it is "My e-mail looks nasty."
In the spirit of a healthy discussion, I'll toss in my observations. The number one issue is searching. If there are dozens of emails all containing the same text (ie, the text being replied to that wasn't properly trimmed), then search results turn up dozens of results that are effectively all the same thing. On a popular topic, you could get pages and pages of search results, which makes finding the good bits difficult at best. The number two issue is putting the reply ABOVE the text is completely illogical to the way our language is read. We read from top to bottom. Trimming the reply with the relevant text at the top with the reply below it makes it very easy to read and keep context. Remove the relevant text and we have no context. Put it at the bottom and you have to read the bottom of the message, then scroll back to the top to get the context. For those of you that might be interested in this sort of thing, the above advice also complies with RFC 1855 "Netiquette Guidelines" that offer an overview of the proper way to interact on a mailing list. One other good piece of advice from RFC 1855, "Do not blame the system administrator for the behavior of the system users." :-) > I've noticed, that in general, people building airplanes aren't the > most computer literate people. You are entirely correct. I see this as an opportunity for those that are more computer literate to gently help educate those that aren't. It does require that people be willing to learn, and also be willing to make the small amount of extra effort (such as your point about having to click a button to see the extra text). A lot of this is compounded by broken email clients which do the opposite of good netiquette, ie. they start the reply at the top and encourage people to make messy, hard-to-read emails. Most email clients offer the option of changing this behavior to put the reply text at the bottom, which also requires a small amount of effort to learn and make the change. Well worth it in the long run, though. -Dj -- Dj Merrill - N1JOV - EAA Chapter 87 Sportsman 2+2 Builder #7118 N421DJ - http://deej.net/sportsman/ Glastar Flyer N866RH - http://deej.net/glastar/
