It is so nice to see that there is a religion to responding to emails - analogous to the vi, emacs, wordstar, <fill in your favorite editor here> religions.
Although I agree in general with the notions of interleaving posts and trimming quotes, this sometimes takes things out of context. I find it convenient to have the context of the remarks below the response so I can read that if I am curious. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI < [email protected]> wrote: > On Qui, 23 Jul 2009, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 2009-07-22 13:28, S. Fishpaste wrote: >> >>> Agreed, even in the web interface Google provides an option to bottom >>> post >>> via their options. One does have to set GMail to use plain text for that >>> to >>> work though. Simple enough to do. >>> >> >> But even amongst the clueful, very few do that, as demonstrated by the >> top-posting on this list. >> > > The problem with Gmail is that while it is possible to use it properly > (interleaved posting, trimming quotes, text only, replying to the proper > message, etc.), its interface kind of stimulates _not_ doing so, especially > for people not used for other e-mail interfaces. > > > -- > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI > [email protected] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > >
