Let them take their time. Mid May, Mid June ..... Better to delay, than release a buggy product. :))))) --- Jens Benecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > as I said, I wish someone would translate > http://learn.to/quote. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > First things first: I see I'm not going to win this > argument and I don't > want a flamewar. So I would be content if people > would stop quoting the > FULL text. > Quote ONLY the parts that you directly refer to. > I know that even Outlook can be configured that way. > > Please. > Thank you. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Now, to your message: > > > 1) I'm not forcing anything on anyone, I'm trying > to explain why it makes > sense to do it that way. > > 1a) But that's exactly my point! UNless you NEED the > quote to be > intersperced with your text, you don't NEED to quote > AT ALL. Because, as > you told me, you can use the References: header to > find out what s?he was > talking about. > > So, most of the full quotes can be left out > entirely. > > 2) Then the author either quoted too much or the > message really _is_ that > long. > > 3) The worst thing is two lines and twenty lines > quote. And with Outlook > adding 5-6 lines of "Original Message" stuff, you > get your 20 lines of > quoted material very quickly. > > 4) Yes, but I read a message from top to bottom. > That's how the text > (chronologically) should be oriented IMHO. > > 5) Oh yes, I do. Most of the time anyway, because > if you get >50 mails per > day dealing with completely different subjects > > 6) Why force everyone to download a mail ten times, > just because all who > reply are quoting the entire thing and adding just > another "me too"? > Why force eveyone who didn't get the start of the > thread , to read > backwards (end first, then top)? > > 7) Yes, I know, you don't have to quote the whole > thing posting again. :) > > 7a) That's like saying "why not accept that some > people drive on the left > side of the road?" ;) Because all the others have to > live with it. > > > PS: 8) > > > --- Original Message blah crap: --- > On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 08:17:35AM -0700, Michael > O'Henly wrote: > > > Well, thankfully, there is more than one way to > quote and what you're > > prescribing for the rest of the universe isn't > necessariy the best way. > > 1) > > > I like quoted material at the bottom of the > message unless quotes need to > > be intersperced with new text. Why? Because then I > can read the message > > 1a) > > > using kmail's preview pane without having to > scroll down to find the new > > 2) > > 3) > > > Most MUAs can sort on Subject or References, so > it's not difficult to > > orient yourself when someone adds to a thread. You > don't reread quoted > > 4) > > > material in every message, do you? > > 5) > > > So why force your reader to hunt for what you're > adding to the thread? > > 6) > > > The original writer has already apologized > graciously for posting HTML > > 7) > > > mail. Why not just accept that people have > different ways of quoting? > > 7a) > > > 8) PS: Yes, I know I'm being silly. Just to make a > point. > > > -- > Jens Benecke /* Nobody will ever see > this error message :-) */ > panic("Cannot initialize > video hardware\n"); > -- Linux 2.0.38, > arch/m68k/atari/atafb.c > http://www.hitchhikers.de/ - Die kostenlose > Mitfahrzentrale f�r ganz Europa > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Win4Lin-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.netraverse.com/mailman/listinfo/win4lin-users
