On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: : > The first point is not news; it's more 'olds'. Same with the 2nd point. The > 3rd point is an unpopular idea in this list that leads to bullying and is just > sad for an "Office Suite" list = it's an office suite for techies & geeks, not > for normal corporate or mainstream office users. While people harangue or > harass or bully me about stating this rather than considering why i might make > this claim it remains one of the reasons that blocks LibreOffice and > OpenOffice > from widespread mainstream usage. >
Tom, to be perfectly honest, while I really hate to bounce around in a thread trying to figure out who said what in what order because of mixed top, inline and bottom posting, it is possible (thought backing up the thread is easier and clearer). I object more to things like excessive blank lines (they add nothing but a need to scroll through more space), introductory smileys (not needed, waste of space like blank lines, etc.) and complete reposting of large chunks of messages that a) were already posted on the thread and b) don't relate directly to the current reply. Why? Because it makes me work harder to find what I need to know, weeded out from that which I already knew. Often as not, it only takes a little effort to trim the excess, and that includes both top (typically earlier replies) and bottom (mainly the footer, but anything after the last new part of the reply). Brevity is not only the soul of wit, it is in the essence of problem solving - cut away that which is not directly relevant and you are left with a clearer path to the solution, especially in email discussions. Just my $0.02. FTR, I think most of your posts are very helpful to the less experienced or sophisticated users, and sometimes even old hats like me. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
