On Friday, October 10, 2003, 12:51:09 AM, Gordon Woolf wrote: > No hope for it here. In the latest issue editor Rose Vines writes:
>> There are no good reasons for putting your reply beneath the original. >> First, it forces the recipient to scroll to the bottom, a waste of >> time. Second, if the recipient habitually replies above the original, >> as most people do, there's a good chance they'll fail to see your >> reply altogether and simply assume you hit the Send button before you >> started typing. You'll look dumb, then they'll look dumb. No-one will >> be happy. Third, your reply won't show up in the preview pane. Yes, I noticed that one, although to be fair, the overall conclusion is that your quoting style should match the needs of the recipient, not not be fixed. I have a top quoting template for use on work emails, as people like to preserve a message history at the bottom of a message, and think that I have forgotten to reply if I bottom quote. In line quoting is perfect for mailing lists, but confuses many people! I will continue to subscribe for a bit, and hopefully manage to get a mention of The Bat in the e-zine myself! Julian -- Using The Bat! v2.00 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.00.6 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
