On Friday 13 November 2009 08:43:39 Paul Hartman wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > My new! improved! shiny! Android phone has a Gmail app. It's nice to use > > but it's quoting style is horrible and looks thusly: > > Oh my :) > > I've never used or even seen Android, but I googled and found this: > > http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1136 > > Maybe that's similar to what you're dealing with... > > I've never seen a mobile phone with an email client on it that supported > proper traditional quoting. They all either top post or don't even quote > at all.
Looks like the use-case for mail on smart phones is twitter users wanting to type something longer than a twit. It all seems geared to having disconnected IM conversations over email, rather than actual email :-) > So I'd say add a signature indicating you're writing from mobile and > people can get over the fact that you've top-posted. :) Or try to find a > third-party e-mail client that supports traditional quoting methods. That's a plan. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
