RE: [WSG] Today's lesson: "Respect" - be courteous up or leave

2006-02-10 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Lachlan Hunt wrote: > Unfortunately, top posting (or failing to quote at all) is often the > result users of broken e-mail clients (usually Outlook or some web > based mail). I find the best approach is to just set a good example, > and hope that others eventually get the idea and/or switch mail >

RE: [WSG] Today's lesson: "Respect" - be courteous up or leave

2006-02-10 Thread GALLAGHER Kevin S
: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:58 PM To: Web Standards Group Subject: [WSG] Today's lesson: "Respect" - be courteous up or leave I want to talk today about "respect". For those of you who have not heard of this concept, "respect" is sometimes defined as "courteous r

Re: [WSG] Today's lesson: "Respect" - be courteous up or leave

2006-02-09 Thread Christian Montoya
On 2/10/06, Rob Mientjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/02/06, liorean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And, and please do something similar for posting ettiquette. Just > > looking at replies to this post there's two top posts which quote > > your entire message without any trimming... > > To s

Re: [WSG] Today's lesson: "Respect" - be courteous up or leave

2006-02-09 Thread Lachlan Hunt
liorean wrote: And, and please do something similar for posting ettiquette. Just looking at replies to this post there's two top posts which quote your entire message without any trimming... Yes, I agree completely, though the issue of "top posting" is big can of worms that often sparks grea

Re: [WSG] Today's lesson: "Respect" - be courteous up or leave

2006-02-09 Thread Rob Mientjes
On 10/02/06, liorean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And, and please do something similar for posting ettiquette. Just > looking at replies to this post there's two top posts which quote > your entire message without any trimming... To stay off-topic here, that's the mail app's preference, probably.

Re: [WSG] Today's lesson: "Respect" - be courteous up or leave

2006-02-09 Thread liorean
On 09/02/06, russ - maxdesign <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russ > Miss Manors Why do I get this sudden urge to humm The Commodores "(She's a) Brick House"? And, and please do something similar for posting ettiquette. Just looking at replies to this post there's two top posts which quote your en

Re: [WSG] Today's lesson: "Respect" - be courteous up or leave

2006-02-09 Thread Jon Tan
Russ, that was beautiful. The gentle sarcasm brought a tear of mirth to my eye. ta. lol. russ - maxdesign wrote: I want to talk today about "respect". For those of you who have not heard of this concept, "respect" is sometimes defined as "courteous regard for people's feelings". When you rep

Re: [WSG] Today's lesson: 'Respect' - be courteous up or leave

2006-02-09 Thread Gregory Alan Gross
If cyberspace forums and message boards are the standard of measure, then "common courtesy" is anything but "common" anymore.  The ability to put both distance and anonymity between one's self and someone else opens the way for people to say things they wouldn't dare say to someone's face.  Sometim

Re: [WSG] Today's lesson: "Respect" - be courteous up or leave

2006-02-09 Thread Mark Harris
russ - maxdesign wrote: Russ Miss Manors I respectfully would like to point out that "Miss Manners" may be more to the point. However, Russ, you are perfectly capable of representing big houses, it that's what floats your boat ;-) Cheers Mark Harris Technology Research and Consultancy Se

[WSG] Today's lesson: "Respect" - be courteous up or leave

2006-02-09 Thread russ - maxdesign
I want to talk today about "respect". For those of you who have not heard of this concept, "respect" is sometimes defined as "courteous regard for people's feelings". When you reply to a post on the list, you should at all times try to do so with respect. Everyone on this list is entitled to their