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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Email ettiquette (was RE: windows won't detect my ipod)Re: Email ettiquette (was RE: windows won't detect my ipod)
From: Tyler Wood <tcwood12_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:09:07 -0600
Have a good day
--- Tyler Wood skype: the_conman283 msn/windows messinger: the_conman283_at_hotmail.com e-mail: tcwood12_at_shaw.ca best tv guide on the internet: http://www.zap2it.com best internet radio: http://www.bluebeat.com soon to have a live journal! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linus Nielsen Feltzing" <linus_at_haxx.se> To: <christof_at_infinitus.co.uk>; "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:58 AM Subject: Re: Email ettiquette (was RE: windows won't detect my ipod) > Christopher Woods wrote: >> if I was a blind >> person and confronted with pages and pages of old message with the >> replies >> right at the bottom, I'd get very frustrated after a while. > > Yes, but then the poster in question quoted a lot more than he/she needed. > Excessive quoting is not an excuse for top-posting. > > Speaking of the blind folks, btw, I see many times that the quoted text is > unmarked as such, making it hard to distinguish the quoted text from the > reply. Is it a screen reader friendly thing? > > Linus Hi I don't mind bottom posting, as there were only 2 messages there. But, when its a huge thread E.G: when its a huge discussion, we've got >> >> signs to contend with- is there a way to disable the speaking of these? That way, it would be a lot easier to read bottom-posted email. And as to the quoted text, I think it might be a non-screen reader thing, as far as I know (correct me if I'm wrong?)Received on 2007-03-03 Page was last modified "Jan 10 2012" The Rockbox Crew |