-users] top- or bottom- quoting
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 04:36:49PM -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote:
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Is there something wrong with educating new users?
Only that it takes some effort, like bottom posting, being courteous
On 16-02-11 09:38, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
I think it depends on how you educate new users. If we continue to be rude
demand that new new users obey 1 certain way of doing things before we even
consider helping them then i think that is unlikely to enamour people.
Perhaps
when
Tom Davies wrote (16-02-11 09:38)
I think it depends on how you educate new users.
Indeed. Showing them how handy correct quoting and replying is.
Nearly all people can understand that.
Cor
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Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] top- or bottom- quoting
Le 15/02/2011 18:38, Tom Davies a écrit :
Hi :)
Bottom,
Almost every office user i know (at least the few that use email) posts at
the
top of mails and leaves the previous posts dangling downwards along
On 16-02-11 14:51, TVCSF Chair wrote:
I could not agree more. I have been using OOo and Thunderbird for
several years now and try to get the people I work around to use free
rather than MS software. It is a really hard uphill struggle.
But I would say that I always have my comments at the
W dniu 11-02-16 14:51, TVCSF Chair pisze:
Some people obviously prefer to have comments at the bottom, good on
them, it would be a very boring world if we all liked the same things.
But everyone read texts from top to bottom. From primary school to last
days. Specjally with latin letters,
Hello Dave,
Le 16/02/2011 12:44, Tom Davies a écrit :
Sadly we have to deal with the world as it is rather than the way we would like
it to be.
Sure. Does this mean we won't try to educate them?
Far more people use the wonderful MicroSoft products such as Outlook
than use all the
On 2011-02-15 12:38 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
The question is how much we want to alienate first-time users and
office users? Who is more important to please, 'geeks' or potential
new users?
You don't have to alienate them... just some gentle prodding in the
beginning is enough for most people,
On 2011-02-16 8:51 AM, TVCSF Chair wrote:
I could not agree more. I have been using OOo and Thunderbird for
several years now and try to get the people I work around to use free
rather than MS software. It is a really hard uphill struggle.
But I would say that I always have my comments at
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 07:29:17PM +, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
No, i wasn't saying that anyone was deliberately unfriendly but i think we
need
to have better ways of dealing with top-posters because we often give an
appearance of rudeness.
Check this site:
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote:
Check this site: http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html
especially the part about curt answers.
I have often practiced exactly that sort of discussion - but usually
on the technical users' lists.
If we want
Hi,
When replying to a message on this list,
What is the best method when talking abot quoting?
Bottom quoting is what i like because it preserves the reading order of
the story.
Luuk
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Hi Luuk,
Am 15.02.2011 16:13, schrieb Luuk:
When replying to a message on this list,
What is the best method when talking abot quoting?
Bottom quoting is what i like because it preserves the reading order of
the story.
Please refer to this:
On 15/02/11 15:15, Matthew Young wrote:
Hi,
I prefer top quoting since email clients such as Thunderbird shows the
text right on top.
No it doesn't - I'm using TBird and it's set to bottom post.
Do you read a book from the bottom up?
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On 15-Feb-11 10:13 AM, Luuk wrote:
Hi,
When replying to a message on this list,
What is the best method when talking abot quoting?
Bottom quoting is what i like because it preserves the reading order of
the story.
Luuk
+1
It would be better if this were set up as a USENET Group.
top-quoting fixed
On 15-02-11 16:15, Matthew Young wrote:
On 02/15/2011 09:13 AM, Luuk wrote:
Hi,
When replying to a message on this list,
What is the best method when talking abot quoting?
Bottom quoting is what i like because it preserves the reading order of
the story.
Luuk
Hi,
On 15-02-11 17:00, Cor Nouws wrote:
Hi,
Matthew Young wrote (15-02-11 16:15)
I prefer top quoting since email clients such as Thunderbird shows the
text right on top.
When you hit the space bar, Thunderbird scrolls down in the text of
the message..
no, i get a message
Advance to next
Hi Luuk,
Luuk wrote (15-02-11 17:06)
On 15-02-11 17:00, Cor Nouws wrote:
Matthew Young wrote (15-02-11 16:15)
I prefer top quoting since email clients such as Thunderbird shows the
text right on top.
When you hit the space bar, Thunderbird scrolls down in the text of
the message..
no, i
On 15 February 2011 09:15, Matthew Young rs.matthewcom.i...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I prefer top quoting since email clients such as Thunderbird shows the text
right on top.
Clients which top-quote (thanks to M$'s Outlook which started the
trend) are fundamentally broken.
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On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 05:38:16PM +, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Almost every office user i know (at least the few that use email) posts at
the
top of mails and leaves the previous posts dangling downwards along with any
signatures. Some corporate users get all the previous thread
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