[mythtv-users] ?Card?

Daryl McDonald darylangela at gmail.com
Mon Jun 17 23:38:11 UTC 2013


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:

>  Yes, it is a top post... see how it is above all of the content of the
>>>> message.
>>>>
>>>
>>> In gmail, you need to click the three dots at the bottom of the text box
>>> after clicking "reply" to see the entire message content.  Then, remove any
>>> unnecessary content, headers, and footers.  Finally, type your reply below,
>>> or inline with, the content you are replying to.
>>>
>>> Gmail crops off most of the repeated information, so you read the thread
>>> from top to bottom anyway... but not everyone uses gmail.
>>>
>>> Pretend for example that you delete every email after reading it.  If
>>> you get a new message on a thread that you have forgotten about, you would
>>> need to scroll to the bottom and read upwards to see what the most recent
>>> reply was talking about.  Even worse, if some people bottom post, and some
>>> top... then you need to jump around in the email to make sense of it.
>>>
>>> Bottom posting is great for making each individual message more
>>> readable.  Most mail clients assume that you keep your email and they
>>> display them in a threaded view so that you can follow the thread from top
>>> to bottom... but who keeps every email in a mailing list?
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks Joe and Mike, I'll be bottom posting from now on. Many apologies.
>>
>
> Perfect.  And no problem it's an easy mistake to make in gmail... I do it
> all the time if I don't take a second to think.
>
> There was a rash of top posting when gmail introduced the "trimmed
> content" feature with those three dots... and many of those folks were
> active participants who knew better than to top post... it's just not the
> most intuitive solution.
>
> I have even heard horror stories where people send replies to folks who
> weren't involved in the conversation without realizing that the entire
> content of the thread is being sent because it was hidden by the three
> dots.  Unfortunately, as of yet there is no way to turn it off.
>
> Thanks for your patience with me.
>
    Daryl

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