I disagree :). Too many times, a mile and a half of quoted text starts
out the message. I don't care to take the time to scroll down, but
prefer to see the meat of what is being said at the top. It is
especially annoying when the subject line doesn't reflect the message
content ... which is most of the time.
Hans Franke wrote:
>
> > > Unfortunately, I don't think Winston said anything
> > > about the inability to format e-mail responses
> > > in conventional style, so we're stuck. "see below, plz."
> > > now induces an immediate "CTRL/D" from my left hand.
>
> > Okay, so what is the *preferred* method of replying to classiccmp posts?
> > Reply at top? Replay at bottom? Or, embedded comments interspersed
> > throughout the replied-to post? I prefer the latter, more conversational
> > style . . .
>
> I absolutly agree. Especialy with series of replys llike
> we have the embedded style helps a lot. I considere the
> 'Top-Style' as rude.
>
> Gruss
> H.
>
> --
> VCF Europa 3.0 am 27./28. April 2002 in Muenchen
> http://www.vcfe.org/
Received on Tue Apr 16 2002 - 01:37:59 BST