On Sun, 2002-08-04 at 00:27, Thomas F. wrote: > > E> Is it OE or is it USA programming? > > Contrary to popular belief, I don't think it has to do with the MUA. > Even if the cursor is put in at the top of the quote, you can still > make a sensible reply. You are not forced to reply at the top and > bottom quote the whole message replied to. It is still no big effort > to reply inline.
The problem doing that is with Outlook you have to go change a whole bundle of settings so the reply is tagged with > or some other type of separator for replies otherwise you'll get inline text, and it is *very* difficult if skim reading to tell the difference between reply, and original posting. > E> I prefer top-replying, don't often re-read the original post, > > This may make sense in a tech support kind of environment, this this > here is a mailing list. Quote the paragraph you are replying to, and > put your reply under that paragraph. Make life easier for people who > want to read your postings on this list. Please. Even in the environment I work in where I reply to a lot of technical support questions I use top quoting as often several questions are asked, and it makes it easier to give accurate, clearer answers to each question if each question is separated, and answered... just like I would do if they called up, and asked the same questions. > (The exception I make is the web interface. These things are so user > unfriendly that I forgive anybody for top-replying. But that is an > exception.) I have to agree. Most web interfaces neither put a reply tag (ie >) on the replies, or include some non-standard method of placing the reply in, like putting this in: <persons reply> ============================= <original message> Leaving all useful information like subject etc off, and who the original poster is. -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Keys : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=SendKeys ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.61 FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/
