Hello ETM, On Sat, 03 Aug 2002 21:49:04 -0400 GMT (04/08/02, 08:49 +0700 GMT), ETM wrote:
E> Is it OE or is it USA programming? Contrary to popular belief, I don't think it has to do with the MUA. Even if the cursor is put in at the top of the quote, you can still make a sensible reply. You are not forced to reply at the top and bottom quote the whole message replied to. It is still no big effort to reply inline. I also don't think that we can blame the US for top quoting. It is easy to blame them for anything and everything, but I think this would go a bit too far. E> I prefer top-replying, don't often re-read the original post, E> dislike the colorization that must be waded through in a reply to E> read the the current (answer) post. If I can't remember the E> original post, dropping to the bottom to read the original is nicer E> than wading, especially since I often don't maximize emails as I go E> through them. This may make sense in a tech support kind of environment, this this here is a mailing list. Quote the paragraph you are replying to, and put your reply under that paragraph. Make life easier for people who want to read your postings on this list. Please. E> The reason I ask about "American" is because I believe Netscape, E> Eudora, Pegasus, web services, etc., all may use top reply. People reply, not email programs. It is sheer nonsense to blame an email program for putting the cursor at the top - I am doing it on purpose even here in TB. And I still don't top-reply and bottom-fullquote your message but am perfectly able to move my cursor *at will*. (The exception I make is the web interface. These things are so user unfriendly that I forgive anybody for top-replying. But that is an exception.) E> Please explain about the signature problems you mention. I am not E> certain I understand. I believe Allie has explained that; if not please ask again. I hope you will be using a signature delimter from now on, as it makes life easier for people who want to reply to your mails. Thank you for your kind consideration for your fellow list members in these matters. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. I got into the gene pool while the lifeguard wasn't watching. Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62/Beta1 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.61 FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/
