top- or bottom- quoting

users
#1

Hi,

When replying to a message on this list,
What is the best method when talking abot quoting?
Bottom quoting is what i like because it preserves the reading order of
the story.....

Luuk

#2

Hi,

I prefer top quoting since email clients such as Thunderbird shows the text right on top.

Matthew

#3

Hi Luuk,

When replying to a message on this list,
What is the best method when talking abot quoting?
Bottom quoting is what i like because it preserves the reading order of
the story.....

Please refer to this:

http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

Thank you! :slight_smile:

Stefan

#4

No it doesn't - I'm using TBird and it's set to bottom post.
Do you read a book from the bottom up?

#5

+1

It would be better if this were set up as a USENET Group.

Colin W.

#6

top-quoting fixed

Hi,

When replying to a message on this list,
What is the best method when talking abot quoting?
Bottom quoting is what i like because it preserves the reading order of
the story.....

Luuk

Hi,

I prefer top quoting since email clients such as Thunderbird shows the
text right on top.

Matthew

No, they dont, you can configure that ...

#7

Hi,

Matthew Young wrote (15-02-11 16:15)

I prefer top quoting since email clients such as Thunderbird shows the
text right on top.

When you hit the space bar, Thunderbird scrolls down in the text of the message..
Shift-Tab the opposite direction - of course.

Cor

#8

Hi,

Matthew Young wrote (15-02-11 16:15)

I prefer top quoting since email clients such as Thunderbird shows the
text right on top.

When you hit the space bar, Thunderbird scrolls down in the text of
the message..

no, i get a message
"Advance to next unread message in........?"

Shift-Tab the opposite direction - of course.

You mean 'Shift-space'...

#9

Hi :slight_smile:

Almost every office user i know (at least the few that use email) posts at the
top of mails and leaves the previous posts dangling downwards along with any
signatures. Some corporate users get all the previous thread deleted off the
bottom and a disclaimer added to the bottom. So, at best they stick with the
defaults, the easiest thing.

The question is how much we want to alienate first-time users and office users?
Who is more important to please, 'geeks' or potential new users?

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#10

Some reaction, on a message in this thread,
but he did not react on the text in that message,
he was trying to share his feelings about this,
at least it seems that way....

#11

Hi Luuk,

Luuk wrote (15-02-11 17:06)

Matthew Young wrote (15-02-11 16:15)

I prefer top quoting since email clients such as Thunderbird shows the
text right on top.

When you hit the space bar, Thunderbird scrolls down in the text of
the message..

no, i get a message
"Advance to next unread message in........?"

Yes, that is correct for a short text message. But try this one :slight_smile:

Shift-Tab the opposite direction - of course.

You mean 'Shift-space'...

Oops, of course. Apologies :slight_smile:

more ...

more ....

more ...

more ....

does space work up to here?

If not, there must be some hidden config :wink:

Ciao - Cor

#12

Clients which top-quote (thanks to M$'s Outlook which started the
trend) are fundamentally broken.

#13

Hi :slight_smile:

Almost every office user i know (at least the few that use email) posts at the
top of mails and leaves the previous posts dangling downwards along with any
signatures.
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Please fix the quoting in your email client. The above was written by you.

________________________________
From: Cor Nouws<oolst@nouenoff.nl>
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Matthew Young wrote (15-02-11 16:15)

I prefer top quoting since email clients such as Thunderbird shows the
text right on top.

When you hit the space bar, Thunderbird scrolls down in the text of the
message..
Shift-Tab the opposite direction - of course.

Cor

The above section starting with "When you hit the space bar" also appears to be from you as well since there is no quote attribution. It is obviously from Cor, but if he had not signed it I would assume you wrote it.

Larry

#14

Hi Colin:

I am using it as a usenet. The lists are on GMane.

Cheers

Marc

#15

Hi :slight_smile:

Bottom,

Almost every office user i know (at least the few that use email) posts at the
top of mails and leaves the previous posts dangling downwards along with any
signatures. Some corporate users get all the previous thread deleted off the
bottom and a disclaimer added to the bottom. So, at best they stick with the
defaults, the easiest thing.

I do know how badly office workers use mail, just because of some $µ%&@ OutlookExpress misbehaviour.

The question is how much we want to alienate first-time users and office users?
Who is more important to please, 'geeks' or potential new users?

Bottom quoting (hey, we've got a big furry troll) is the natural way of reading texts and answering questions:

> Question 1
Answer 1
> Question 2
Answer 2

and so on.

So no question (pun intended): bottom is the way to go :slight_smile:

#16

Is there something wrong with educating new users?

#17

:

Is there something wrong with educating new users?

Only that it takes some effort, like bottom posting, being courteous,
keeping logical threads, posting only what needs to be posted and so
on.

IOW, too much work for the lazy.

#18

IMO, as we are many on the list helping, there will always be someone here to help educating new users. This is what a user help list is all about. Better to educate than to keep them in the dark.

Cheers

Marc

#19

So now we're bending over backwards to cater to the lazy? You maybe, not
me.

#20

I was making a cutting remark about people who top post - apparently
my wit is not as sharp as it could be, or perhaps the reader's....