From: Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
To: Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>,
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Posting format
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:03:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030724160327.GB22052@louise.pinerecords.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030724154732.GJ32585@rdlg.net>
> [Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net]
>
> On the other hand if everyone posted at the top it would be considerably
> easier reading for those who have been following the conversation
> without having to scroll down and figure out where comments and the
> conversation is at.
So how do you context-quote when replying at the top?
Original text:
Argument A.
Argument B.
Reply:
Reply intro text.
Reaction A.
> Argument A.
Reaction B.
> Argument B.
I don't think so. Awkward (mixing directions) and confusing.
> For those new to the conversation they can just start at the bottom and
> scroll up.
Ever actually tried doing that? IMHO it's not half as practical and
natural as reading from the top down. (You have to keep scrolling,
searching for block starts.)
--
Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-24 15:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-23 20:18 2.6.0-test1-ac3 still broken on Adaptec I2O Robert L. Harris
2003-07-23 20:22 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-23 22:00 ` Robert L. Harris
2003-07-23 22:53 ` Tomas Szepe
2003-07-23 23:32 ` Posting format bill davidsen
2003-07-24 0:52 ` Tomas Szepe
2003-07-24 15:14 ` Steven Cole
2003-07-24 15:47 ` Robert L. Harris
2003-07-24 16:03 ` Tomas Szepe [this message]
2003-07-24 16:52 ` Steven Cole
2003-07-24 17:15 ` Robert L. Harris
2003-07-24 17:42 ` Steven Cole
2003-07-24 16:03 ` Bas Mevissen
2003-07-24 16:05 ` Steven Cole
2003-07-24 23:15 ` Bill Davidsen
2003-07-24 23:24 ` CaT
2003-07-25 2:59 ` jw schultz
2003-07-25 3:33 ` Miles Bader
2003-07-24 15:24 ` [OT] " Sean Neakums
2003-07-23 20:24 ` 2.6.0-test1-ac3 still broken on Adaptec I2O Alan Cox
2003-07-23 21:20 ` Samuel Flory
2003-07-23 22:17 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-24 8:01 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-24 11:24 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-24 17:37 Posting format Mudama, Eric
2003-07-24 18:57 John Bradford
2003-07-25 18:49 ` Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra
2003-07-25 20:35 John Bradford
2003-07-25 22:10 ` jw schultz
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