Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 14:42 -0600, Steve Morrey wrote: >> LOL I'll stop top posting as soon as gmail stops making it the default. >> I sometimes need to reply to 200+ emails per day, top posting is the >> default, so unless there is a critical reason for me not to top post, or I >> have time to snip and paste, then I have to top post. Sorry about that.
Yet another reason to use a real e-mail client. off topic, but Google's web-view of e-mail might be an improvement over how the unwashed masses used to do it, but from a fundamental point of view, I've come to the realization that Gmail's handling of many aspects of e-mail is critically flawed. Conversations, for example, the much lauded feature of gmail, is a major flaw. While it's kind of cool to preserve a he-said, she-said flow, conversations fundamentally breaks e-mail threads. Flattening a natural, and often branching, flow of topical conversation into what's essentially a web-based forum where there's a topic, but not threading at all inside of each topic. This works okay for e-mails you and your mother sent each other, but for a venue like mailing lists, where the conversation flow is often multi-faceted and lengthy, Gmail's system just doesn't work. </rant> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
