From: Christopher Chaltain <cchaltain_at_austin.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:57:35 -0500

Paul Louden wrote:
> if you're comparing it to reading through the entirety of the
> previous message quoted at the top, you're comparing it to something
> that is also against the rules of this list, a rather silly comparison
> since we're asking people to follow all the posting guidelines, not just
> part.
>
>
I wasn't comparing it to the reading of the message in it's entirety. I
think I've been pretty clear in stating that I whole heartedly agree
with the trimming of messages down to just the points you're referring
to. However, as a blind user, even a few lines at the top of an email,
when going through hundreds of emails a day, can get pretty tedious. I
assume that a sighted user, assuming the messages are small enough, can
see everything on one screen and pretty quickly scan past the quoted
text. I'm not complaining, but as a blind user, I have to either year
all of the text quoted above read out loud to me, or I have to use the
arrow keys to skip past it. Oh well, I just wanted to point out that I
wasn't being silly, at least not in my own mind.

-- 
Christopher
cchaltain_at_austin.rr.com

Received on 2007-09-10