On Sat, 2025-04-26 at 06:31 -0400, bruce wrote: > I'm using gmail, so recently, I had a few spare mins, and decided to > check out.. can gmail permit the insertion of "content/comments" > within a email thread.. > > as opposed to hitting "reply" and letting the app place the comment > wherever it does.
I just did a test on an Android tablet, to see if it's changed since the last time. And while the gmail app is a hideous thing for writing and replying to emails, it is quite possible to break into the middle of a slab of text. It's not so great for reading mail either, but it's do-able. (Hint, try a different reply button than the plain reply button.) Likewise, my experience was similar via the gmail website, though it's easier to type because I have a proper keyboard. Also, if I fetch my gmail on a mail client like Evolution, I can use it like proper email. Just because the mail thingy you're currently using presents your cursor above a quoted slab of text does not mean that you have to type there. You can delete the blank space it'll put above quoted text. You can put the cursor somewhere else and reply. You can plonk the cursor into the middle of a block of text, hit return a few times and break the block apart. You can plonk it down below the quoted text. That Google managed to make something worse than Hotmail is kind of staggering, but not surprising. Just finding my latest mail in my inbox is ridiculous effort. I tend to only use their web interface to fix something, and only use the mobile app for those things that require registration and email me a confirmation link. For what it's worth, nearly ever email I reply to on here I edit the crap out of it, because rarely is a full-quote needed nor wanted, and I'm not lazy. And if I have to reply to some crazy convoluted message that makes it hard to do a neat reply, either because of how they wrote it, or the thing I have to respond in is awful. I tend to delete the quoted text and respond like it's some kind of legal letter, and write a brief explanatory intro before my responses. For example: 1. In response your comment about top quoting... Yes, I can avoid top quoting on the Gmail app, and their website. I delete the empty space it puts above the quote, then move my cursor to elsewhere on the page where I'm going to put my response. 2. And regarding putting responses into the middle of quotes... Yes, I can drop the cursor into the middle of text, break it into sections, and reply the relevant parts of the text in a coherent manner. 3. Regarding liking gmails special features beyond normal email.. They're not something that I use. To be honest, I only use gmail where I virtually have to. And there are advantages to having more than one address, using a completely different one for mailing lists. Every now and then someone does a "it's too hard for me" to do things the same as everybody else. Usually it's not that hard. It just requires a bit of experimentation. Having to fit in with others is a part of life. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
