On 20/07/13 13:06, John Oliver wrote: > On 20/07/13 07:36, mac wrote: >> On 20 Jul 2013, at 03:48, Steven Roberts >> <cwmbranmathstu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> So, has anyone else been too worried about using the wrong >>> protocol on here? > >> This issue is a hardy perennial. There seem to be two worlds: one >> that maintains the original and ancient traditions of the early >> internet, and puts replies (preferably only plain text) below the >> original post; and one - containing the majority of the commercial, >> business and government world - that follows conventions introduced >> by Microsoft, and replies in HTML above the original. > >> Here, we are hard-core traditionalists: plain text replies below >> original. We sometimes have to remind people to do it. > >> There is, of course, no right answer - these are the conventions >> and traditions of different cultures. Anyway, when in France, be >> polite and speak French! ;) > >> mac > > That's quite a relief for me to hear it - I wasn't sure either! > > -John > > I am sue that the intention is not to scare people away, just to make the threads easier to follow when looking things up in the future! I would personally like anyone who needs technical support, ask for it how ever their phone I-pad or whatever lets them post!
Just my 2 pence worth Pete -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
