Well put On Sep 8, 2016 4:04 PM, "Dj Merrill via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote:
> On 09/08/2016 03:12 PM, Nerobro via KRnet wrote: > > So the > > only real justification I can see for it is "My e-mail looks nasty." > > > In the spirit of a healthy discussion, I'll toss in my observations. > > The number one issue is searching. If there are dozens of emails all > containing the same text (ie, the text being replied to that wasn't > properly trimmed), then search results turn up dozens of results that > are effectively all the same thing. On a popular topic, you could get > pages and pages of search results, which makes finding the good bits > difficult at best. > > The number two issue is putting the reply ABOVE the text is completely > illogical to the way our language is read. We read from top to bottom. > Trimming the reply with the relevant text at the top with the reply > below it makes it very easy to read and keep context. Remove the > relevant text and we have no context. Put it at the bottom and you have > to read the bottom of the message, then scroll back to the top to get > the context. > > For those of you that might be interested in this sort of thing, the > above advice also complies with RFC 1855 "Netiquette Guidelines" that > offer an overview of the proper way to interact on a mailing list. > > One other good piece of advice from RFC 1855, "Do not blame the system > administrator for the behavior of the system users." :-) > > > > I've noticed, that in general, people building airplanes aren't the > > most computer literate people. > > You are entirely correct. I see this as an opportunity for those that > are more computer literate to gently help educate those that aren't. It > does require that people be willing to learn, and also be willing to > make the small amount of extra effort (such as your point about having > to click a button to see the extra text). > > A lot of this is compounded by broken email clients which do the > opposite of good netiquette, ie. they start the reply at the top and > encourage people to make messy, hard-to-read emails. Most email clients > offer the option of changing this behavior to put the reply text at the > bottom, which also requires a small amount of effort to learn and make > the change. > > Well worth it in the long run, though. > > > -Dj > > > -- > Dj Merrill - N1JOV - EAA Chapter 87 > Sportsman 2+2 Builder #7118 N421DJ - http://deej.net/sportsman/ > Glastar Flyer N866RH - http://deej.net/glastar/ > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
