Re: [Evolution] Problem with reply and other stuff (OT)

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur alexion com>]

On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 19:45, Jason Tackaberry wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 19:15, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > with that in mind, where should the editor put the cursor when you first
> > open the composer? there is only one place that makes sense and is the
> > easiest for everyone - no matter what style post you are doing. and that
> > position is at the top of the editor. this is the only logical place to
> > put it.
>
> For what it's worth, I am (almost) exclusively a bottom/inline poster
> and I agree that the most logical place to put the cursor is at the
> top.  
>
> The reason is that even in bottom/inline(/middle) posting, you generally
> reply to the points in the original email from top to bottom.  Also,
> with this style of quoting, it is much more important to prune the
> quoted text than with top posting, so even if you the cursor starts at
> the bottom, you should eventually make your way up to the top anyway.

I hate "me toos", but here's one.  As a bottom poster, he's right, you
should start at the top, if appropriate reply inline, and if not prune
the unnecessary as you make your way to the bottom.  The only thing
worse than an HTML poster with no expressive formatting, is one who
replies with no pruning of the quote (that and AOL subscribers that
don't quote at all and write something like, "I say go with the third
option.")
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