On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:51:56 -0400, Stewart Gordon <smjg_1...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Saaa wrote:
I guess it depends on your style. If you respond to the entire
message,
then putting at the top makes sense, because then you can read the
response quickly, and read the history below if you want.
If I want to read the whole message you're replying to, I can open up
the mesasge you're replying to in my newsreader.
Yes, but there are some issues there:
1. the newsgroup/newsreader sometimes doesn't correctly put your message
as a reply to the original.
2. You may not read messages threaded, so it might be tough to find the
original message.
3. You almost ALWAYS want to read the immediately responded-to message for
context (i.e. quote level 1), I am annoyed when I have to close the
message I was reading to read the one responded to. Especially when I am
following 5 threads at once.
I can see arguments for both methods. I use both, but only really the
second method for newsgroups. I'm not sure why, but it just feels more
natural.
<snip>
But if you want to respond point-by-point, then going below makes
sense. You can respond to each point, then have your main point at the
bottomm of the message.
Who would do that!
Anybody who is well-educated on how to use newsgroups?
Gee, I don't remember having newsgroups 101 in school :P In fact, I don't
think I ever received education from anyone. I just do what feels
natural, and what makes sense.
My email clients always put quoted text below. However, my news
client always quotes above.
<snip>
Below/above what?
- the cursor?
Yes
- one or more blank lines?
Yes
- your signature?
Yes
- the message you typed, after you hit the send button?
No, the quoted text appears as I type my message.
I for one would like to see newsreaders that will, at least as a pref,
put the cursor above the quoted text and blank lines/sig below. This
sets the user ready to work down the message, trimming it down and
inserting reply text where it fits. See
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227376
That sounds like a feature I would use. I think another good feature
would probably be to limit the quoted text to N levels (do you need 5
levels of context to make your point?).
I do want to say that It doesn't bother me what people do, I just find it
interesting how different social tools evolve in different directions,
even when the interface is pretty much identical.
-Steve
