Re: Making replies

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 17 Nov 98 at 17:45, George L Smyth wrote:

> Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:
> > 
> > Of which the reply on top is the worst of the two....making it near
> > impossible for the next person to reply....
> ...
> > Gates & Co have added insult to injury in this
> > department, by starting a reply with empty lines, inviting people to
> > reply on top, and even worse: offering settings that don't require
> > the writer to even *see* the quote at all....
> 
> Well, don't blame Gates, as Netscape does exactly the same thing.  

That's what I ment with 'Co'....:-))
Gates & Netscape isn't semantically correct....;-))

> I have to
> remove the top two lines with each response I make.  There's no way for me to
> change this.

Sure there is, simply forget those all-in-one browsers, which are
mediocre in everything, but perfect in nothing....that's where
dedicated mailers like Pegasus/WinPmail and Eudora shine....I have
been using the first since my many years now, and it does not only a
better job technicall/netiquette-wise, but it is also heaps more
ergonomic, including visual aspects (which should appeal to every
photographer here!....:-)).
Same story for Usenet/news....browsers are a real drama there....even 
Agent annoyed me, but simple online-newsreaders like NewsExpress are a 
delight to use.

 

--                 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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