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On 23 May 2012 13:35, Ed Murphy wrote: > It's 2012 and we're still having this argument? Trim quoted material, > interleave replies, and look for a quote-collapse tool. (I only > top-post in work e-mails, where it's ubiquitous and not worth fighting.) I would wholeheartedly second this email, but unfortunately you sent it as HTML.
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Pavitra wrote: On 05/23/2012 07:35 AM, Ed Murphy wrote: It's 2012 and we're still having this argument? Technology changes. We weren't on such small screens ten years ago. I suppose. My problem with them isn't so much the screens (the likes of Google Glasses may reverse the shrinking trend) as the keyboards (a significant hitch for me, I'm a fast typer on a laptop).
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On 05/23/2012 07:35 AM, Ed Murphy wrote: > It's 2012 and we're still having this argument? Technology changes. We weren't on such small screens ten years ago.
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Schrodinger's Cat wrote: Top is good, especially if you have a working threading mode. Bottom is only good when you need the entire thread in a single message. It's 2012 and we're still having this argument? Trim quoted material, interleave replies, and look for a quote-collapse tool. (I only top-post in work e-mails, where it's ubiquitous and not worth fighting.)
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No, that's popping down. This is popping up. On Tue, 22 May 2012, omd wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 2:26 AM, Noé Rubinstein > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Benjamin Schultz > > wrote: > >> I find it curious that GMail puts the insertion point at the top, but > >> adds the .sig file at the very end. This makes the .sig file semi > >> useless. > > > > I see it as encouraging bottom posting, except they want you to say hi > > at the beginning of every other mail. > > What's with all the lurkers popping up? :) >
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On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 2:26 AM, Noé Rubinstein wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Benjamin Schultz > wrote: >> I find it curious that GMail puts the insertion point at the top, but >> adds the .sig file at the very end. This makes the .sig file semi >> useless. > > I see it as encouraging bottom posting, except they want you to say hi > at the beginning of every other mail. What's with all the lurkers popping up? :)
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Hi, On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Benjamin Schultz wrote: > I find it curious that GMail puts the insertion point at the top, but > adds the .sig file at the very end. This makes the .sig file semi > useless. I see it as encouraging bottom posting, except they want you to say hi at the beginning of every other mail. -- Noé Rubinstein tel: +33 6 36 13 05 33
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Top is good, especially if you have a working threading mode. Bottom is only good when you need the entire thread in a single message. -- Schrodinger's Cat Sent from the world's largest netbook. On 5/21/2012 3:46 PM, com...@gmail.com wrote: I prefer bottom posting, but not without trimming - on my iPhone, which has a relatively small screen and no quoted text folding, I had to scroll down several screens to read your reply. Sent from my iPhone On May 21, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Benjamin Schultz wrote: And I prefer bottom posting, it makes the conversation easier to reread. -- Ben Schultz
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I prefer bottom posting, but not without trimming - on my iPhone, which has a relatively small screen and no quoted text folding, I had to scroll down several screens to read your reply. Sent from my iPhone On May 21, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Benjamin Schultz wrote: > And I prefer bottom posting, it makes the conversation easier to reread. > -- > Ben Schultz
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2012/5/18 Schrodinger's Cat : > Oh. Okay. Thanks. > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > com...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> fwiw, I recommend either top posting or trimming your quotes. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 18, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Schrodinger's Cat >> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > Benjamin Schultz wrote: >> > >> >> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Schrodinger's Cat >> >> wrote: >> >>> Please reply with some random text. >> >>> -- >> >>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> >> >> >> >> , imper convalliciti sollis. Nam vel, dapien, quis egestibulum loborta >> >> sit mass ac habitur risus orn >> >> Quis non dapibus eleifend purus rhoncus nulla faucibulum vel, wisi. In >> >> nibh masse porta ligula lacil >> >> justo, ultriciturpis. Vestassa ne >> quam >> orna ultrisus. Ut erat eros. >> >> Fuscing elerit dolor augue adipit >> >> fringilla ornaretium. Sed adipiscipit amet tellus. Maecenatis. >> >> Fusceleris sus et magna potentum erat >> >> an, magnisse vitae vitae aliquet. Vivamus lectetuere vitae orci lacus >> >> eger congue antesque. Nullamco >> >> >> >> From http://johno.jsmf.net/knowhow/ngrams/index.php >> >> -- >> >> OscarMeyr >> > >> > Lorem ipsum as well. >> > -- >> > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. I find it curious that GMail puts the insertion point at the top, but adds the .sig file at the very end. This makes the .sig file semi useless. And I prefer bottom posting, it makes the conversation easier to reread. -- Ben Schultz
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Oh. Okay. Thanks. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. com...@gmail.com wrote: fwiw, I recommend either top posting or trimming your quotes. Sent from my iPhone On May 18, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Schrodinger's Cat wrote: > > > Benjamin Schultz wrote: > >> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Schrodinger's Cat >> wrote: >>> Please reply with some random text. >>> -- >>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> >> , imper convalliciti sollis. Nam vel, dapien, quis egestibulum loborta >> sit mass ac habitur risus orn >> Quis non dapibus eleifend purus rhoncus nulla faucibulum vel, wisi. In >> nibh masse porta ligula lacil >> justo, ultriciturpis. Vestassa nequam orna ultrisus. Ut erat eros. >> Fuscing elerit dolor augue adipit >> fringilla ornaretium. Sed adipiscipit amet tellus. Maecenatis. >> Fusceleris sus et magna potentum erat >> an, magnisse vitae vitae aliquet. Vivamus lectetuere vitae orci lacus >> eger congue antesque. Nullamco >> >> From http://johno.jsmf.net/knowhow/ngrams/index.php >> -- >> OscarMeyr > > Lorem ipsum as well. > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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fwiw, I recommend either top posting or trimming your quotes. Sent from my iPhone On May 18, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Schrodinger's Cat wrote: > > > Benjamin Schultz wrote: > >> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Schrodinger's Cat >> wrote: >>> Please reply with some random text. >>> -- >>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> >> , imper convalliciti sollis. Nam vel, dapien, quis egestibulum loborta >> sit mass ac habitur risus orn >> Quis non dapibus eleifend purus rhoncus nulla faucibulum vel, wisi. In >> nibh masse porta ligula lacil >> justo, ultriciturpis. Vestassa nequam orna ultrisus. Ut erat eros. >> Fuscing elerit dolor augue adipit >> fringilla ornaretium. Sed adipiscipit amet tellus. Maecenatis. >> Fusceleris sus et magna potentum erat >> an, magnisse vitae vitae aliquet. Vivamus lectetuere vitae orci lacus >> eger congue antesque. Nullamco >> >> From http://johno.jsmf.net/knowhow/ngrams/index.php >> -- >> OscarMeyr > > Lorem ipsum as well. > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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Lorem ipsum doler sit amet. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Benjamin Schultz wrote: On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Schrodinger's Cat wrote: > Please reply with some random text. > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. , imper convalliciti sollis. Nam vel, dapien, quis egestibulum loborta sit mass ac habitur risus orn Quis non dapibus eleifend purus rhoncus nulla faucibulum vel, wisi. In nibh masse porta ligula lacil justo, ultriciturpis. Vestassa nequam orna ultrisus. Ut erat eros. Fuscing elerit dolor augue adipit fringilla ornaretium. Sed adipiscipit amet tellus. Maecenatis. Fusceleris sus et magna potentum erat an, magnisse vitae vitae aliquet. Vivamus lectetuere vitae orci lacus eger congue antesque. Nullamco >From http://johno.jsmf.net/knowhow/ngrams/index.php -- OscarMeyr
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Benjamin Schultz wrote: >On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Schrodinger's Cat > wrote: >> Please reply with some random text. >> -- >> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > >, imper convalliciti sollis. Nam vel, dapien, quis egestibulum loborta >sit mass ac habitur risus orn >Quis non dapibus eleifend purus rhoncus nulla faucibulum vel, wisi. In >nibh masse porta ligula lacil >justo, ultriciturpis. Vestassa nequam orna ultrisus. Ut erat eros. >Fuscing elerit dolor augue adipit >fringilla ornaretium. Sed adipiscipit amet tellus. Maecenatis. >Fusceleris sus et magna potentum erat >an, magnisse vitae vitae aliquet. Vivamus lectetuere vitae orci lacus >eger congue antesque. Nullamco > >From http://johno.jsmf.net/knowhow/ngrams/index.php >-- >OscarMeyr Lorem ipsum as well. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Schrodinger's Cat wrote: > Please reply with some random text. > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. , imper convalliciti sollis. Nam vel, dapien, quis egestibulum loborta sit mass ac habitur risus orn Quis non dapibus eleifend purus rhoncus nulla faucibulum vel, wisi. In nibh masse porta ligula lacil justo, ultriciturpis. Vestassa nequam orna ultrisus. Ut erat eros. Fuscing elerit dolor augue adipit fringilla ornaretium. Sed adipiscipit amet tellus. Maecenatis. Fusceleris sus et magna potentum erat an, magnisse vitae vitae aliquet. Vivamus lectetuere vitae orci lacus eger congue antesque. Nullamco >From http://johno.jsmf.net/knowhow/ngrams/index.php -- OscarMeyr
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Please reply with some random text. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
