[pchelpers] Re: Fwd: Re: why top posting wastes more time than interleaved posting
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 07:12:12 +1300
On 20/11/2010 11:55 p.m., Ekhart GEORGI (last name last) wrote:
> forwarding old message by Susan below to explain reader-friendly quoting
> (in other words adding empty line *after* quote of only that part of the
> original that is necessary to make answer comprehensible)
> I agree with these points. That's one of the main reasons why I hate
> scrolling through old quotes to get to the main point. On other lists,
> the reminder is to removed old, unnecessary parts of the email before
> sending. Most people try to do that, for one day perhaps, only to go
> back to their bad habits the next. To me, trimming the quotes in emails
> should be part of basic computer education. I've seen huge lines of
> old, unnecessary quotes on many of the lists I'm on, and because of
> that, I'm glad the new post it at the top so I don't have to scroll down
> to find the response. Personally though, my preference is top posting,
> unless the need dictates otherwise, but old quotes do have to be
> adequately trimmed, no matter where one puts their response, as you
> indicated.
> I totally agree. Leaving two spaces between paragraphs were basic
> things taught in typing class so it shouldn't be any stretch of the
> imagination to apply that concept to quotes and responses. Not having
> been in school for many years now, I'm not even sure if proper
> keyboarding skills are taught nowadays.
>
>
> -Sue
It appears they are being brought back in pchelpers. Good stuff!
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