[Gmail-Users] Re: Sending Email to an AOL account

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:43:12 -0500, Fuzzy Logic <fuzzymo@gmail.com>
Subject: [Gmail-Users] Re: Sending Email to an AOL account
Wrote these words of wisdom:

>
> Why not just use the keyboard shortcuts?
>
> Fuzzy
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> On 11/25/05, Gerard <Gerard.Seibert@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > By the way, I used: <SHOW OPTIONS> <REPLY> to compose this message.
> > Google could improve on its interface. It is definitely not as
> > intuitive as it could or should be.

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On 11/25/2005 12:11:34 PM Gerard Seibert Replied:

Why, perhaps because I did not feel like doing so. Besides, I find using
the mouse infinitely quicker. In any case, I was trying to emphasis how I
replied to the message.

Have you ever checked out this link, available on Google?

http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12348&topic=250

You might be interest in this tidbit.

//Quote//

Summarize what you're following up.

When you click "Reply" under "show options" to follow up an existing
article, Google Groups includes the full article in quotes, with the
cursor at the top of the article. Tempting though it is to just start
typing your message, please STOP and do two things first. Look at the
quoted text and remove parts that are irrelevant. Then, go to the BOTTOM
of the article and start typing there. Doing this makes it much easier
for your readers to get through your post. They'll have a reminder of
the relevant text before your comment, but won't have to re-read the
entire article. And if your reply appears on a site before the original
article does, they'll get the gist of what you're talking about.

//End Quote//

Once again, another strike against *TOP POSTING*.

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Gerard Seibert
gerard.seibert@gmail.com

A: Because it reverses the natural flow of a dialog.
Q: Why is top posting undesirable when replying?

TOPIC: Posting Etiquette