On Monday 08 April 2019 02:36:49 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 08.04.19 07:55, Roland Jollivet wrote: > > I've thought about this, and don't agree. If people are following > > this conversation, then it is fresh in their mind, and it's very > > easy to read this post. > > Err, Roland, if "it is fresh in their mind", why fullquote my entire > post in your reply? Does that not completely deny the freshness > thesis? > > And is it not far more user-friendly to juxtapose pro and con in-line, > as here, without relying on unreliable wetware memory? > > > It irks me to have to scroll down to find where someone actually > > posted. > > That problem arises only when there is excessive quoting. When, as > here, only the germane point is quoted, there is nothing to scroll > past, and the minimal quote establishes the context of the response. > And there's no need to read backwards. > > Granted, excessive quoting is too common on most lists. A good MUA > does much to ameliorate the issue, though. In mutt, 'S' skips quoted > text to the next block of reply in a flash. I also have mutt display > quoted text and reply in different colours, so not only the "> " > quotation markers differentiate. > And that requires html encoding, also high discouraged on most lists. And usually skipped by this reader.
> > So emails should be answered 'reflexivly'. If, however, if one > > searches and finds a thread that is two years old, then you would > > scroll to the bottom and start reading upwards. > > Are we now conflating the sequence of reading separate posts in a > thread with the order of reading the lines in one of the posts??? > I'm at a loss to see any connection. > > > Why should everyone post according to the chance event that someone > > will read the post at some later date. A discussion for for people > > participating, not for possible latecomers. > > It would surprise me if anyone does. We reply in-line in order to make > the post intelligible to those who do not read backwards - first, > second, or nth reading. > > [fullquote elided] > > Erik > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
