Re: [Finale] Quotes and Digests

2005-08-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Aug 2005 at 19:52, dhbailey wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > [snip] > > > Well, the lack of effort on the part of many posters in regard to > > trimming quotations indicates to me that there was little concern > > over the issue. > > > > Darcy's questioning of the utility of the Digest

Re: [Finale] Quotes and Digests

2005-08-11 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: [snip] Well, the lack of effort on the part of many posters in regard to trimming quotations indicates to me that there was little concern over the issue. Darcy's questioning of the utility of the Digest confused me into thinking that this was also a challenge to the

Re: [Finale] Quotes and Digests

2005-08-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 12 Aug 2005 at 0:56, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > David W. Fenton schrieb: > > > That indicates to me that, assuming we all want the list's > > subscribers to read our posts, we should all format our posts for > > maximum readability on the Digest -- we should all be considering > > Digest reade

Re: [Finale] Quotes and Digests

2005-08-11 Thread Johannes Gebauer
David W. Fenton schrieb: That indicates to me that, assuming we all want the list's subscribers to read our posts, we should all format our posts for maximum readability on the Digest -- we should all be considering Digest readers when we post to the list. Which, of course, noone ever doub

Re: [Finale] Quotes and Digests

2005-08-11 Thread John Howell
At 12:31 PM -0500 8/11/05, Henry E. Howey wrote: I haven't done a total lately; however, I believe the DIGEST option is a 70/30 prefernce of listmembers. As for quoting, I believe cogent, concise quotes will be read more avidly than full-blown rehashes of conversations. While we are (briefly)

Re: [Finale] Quotes and Digests

2005-08-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Aug 2005 at 13:41, Aaron Sherber wrote: > At 01:31 PM 08/11/2005, Henry E. Howey wrote: > >I haven't done a total lately; however, I believe the DIGEST option > is a >70/30 prefernce of listmembers. > > 421 Digest / 362 non-digest *BOGGLE* That means that a *majority* of subscribers are

Re: [Finale] Quotes and Digests

2005-08-11 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 01:31 PM 08/11/2005, Henry E. Howey wrote: >I haven't done a total lately; however, I believe the DIGEST option is a >70/30 prefernce of listmembers. 421 Digest / 362 non-digest Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/m

[Finale] Quotes and Digests

2005-08-11 Thread Henry E. Howey
I haven't done a total lately; however, I believe the DIGEST option is a 70/30 prefernce of listmembers. As for quoting, I believe cogent, concise quotes will be read more avidly than full-blown rehashes of conversations. Shakespeare;-) Your frindly listowner Henry Howey Professor of Music S