[ut3] linux client

[Sir Brizz]

If you're not replying to points specifically, though, it makes no sense 
to do it in-line. I also shouldn't have to spend ten minutes formatting 
my email in order to make it more readable for the person I'm sending it 
to :) At the top, if you've been reading the thread from beginning to 
end, you can ignore everything I "quoted". At the bottom you have to 
scroll past all that cruft to get to my point ;)

On 4/28/09 5:01 PM, Andrew wrote:
> 2009/4/28 Sir Brizz<sir.brizz at gmail.com>:
>    
>> I prefer emails at the top, mostly because emails tend to be quite a bit
>> more lengthy than things like forum posts.
>>      
> I prefer it at the bottom (or inline if you're responding to specific
> points). This way the thread of conversation reads naturally without
> you having to scroll down to see the context.
>
>    
>> It's really hard to say though. I just find that, unless you're responding
>> to specific points, since emails are not typically in list view in an email
>> program, it makes more sense to have what you want to say at the top.
>>      
>    
>> What I mean by that is, often email clients will include everything everyone
>> before you said as opposed to just the person you are responding to.
>>      
> Personally, I think it's the job of the person replying to both
> provide the necessary context and their response. Often there's no
> need to quote the entire message (or worse, the entire thread).
>
>    
>> Additionally, you click to view each response instead of scrolling
>> through/paging them. I personally wish there was a Thunderbird extension or
>> something to make the whole experience more Gmail like, because I find that
>> their conversation sorting/viewing process is a much more consistent and
>> smooth flow.... but oh well :)
>>      
> Gmail's layout is very good (although it does default to replying at the top...)
>
> Andrew
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