Re: [NTLK] Loaner Cards

On 8/8/06, dean smoth <xxyyzzcc123@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Also, I don't know about you guys, but this whole "can
> only quote 70%" rule is going to take a little getting
> used to. It has always been so easy to just hit reply
> and type what you want. I'm not saying there isn't a
> good reason for it, it's just very different from what
> I'm used too. And leads to me blathering away like
> this just to make sure my message isn't found lacking,
> and rejected.

Um, erm.... rather than blathering away, and taking up _more_
bandwidth, why don't you just trim your quotes!!!! It may be "easier"
to just hit reply and type away at the top, but then again it's a lot
easier to eat off of dirty dishes, too, but I bet you don't do that,
do you?

The best thing to do when replying it to trim out all but the most
essential and relevant text in the quote, and then reply underneath
what you just quoted. that keeps the conversation more.... .... well,
more conversation-like. We read the question or original text, and
then the reply, and since you trimmed it rather well, we see _exactly_
what you are replying to, and then we see your reply. It's very
logical this way. In fact, I don't really understand why email
programs have taken to quoting entire messages, and putting the quoted
message _after_ the cursor. The normal system, before Outlook was that
you selected your desired text, hit reply, the selected text was
quoted, and your cursor was placed below the quote. Now, even Apple's
Mail puts the cursor before the quote, and Gmail (which I use) forces
you to cut out all the extra, but I do it because it's worth it for
the poor reader.

Now, some reasons why it's good to do this.

1. Digests. complete quoting creates horribly long and confusing digests.
2. There are still people in this world who pay for every use of
bandwidth, and every character costs them. I know people who only do
email, and the excessive quoting that is popular today, as well as
extensive, unnecessary html email cost them. I know that I used to pay
a ton of money for just email. It hurt, trust me... ;-)

So, there are multiple reasons to take the extra effort, showing
consideration for others, and trim. HTH.....

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Krakow, Poland
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