Date:	Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:42:19 -0800 (PST)
From:	Jim Stevenson <jims AT eos DOT arc DOT nasa DOT gov>
Message-Id:	<200011251742.eAPHgJb09091@eos.arc.nasa.gov>
To:	ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su, opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: too much quoting!
Reply-To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com

I just tryed to read a post with over 80 lines of quote at the top with speech.
There is just no way to scrool to the start of the new material, especially 
when it is sanwitched between volumenous quotes.

Hi.

I appreciate your posts, and find them valuable.

This suggestion refers only to single topic replies.

Those of us who read e-mail with speech want to get to the new information,
with as little time as possible waisted listening to quotes which we have 
already heard several times. 

A fall back strategy is to dump the speech buffer, go to the end of the post, 
and search back for the last > and listen from there.
It is easy to dump the speech buffer when the quotes are last, but not possible 
to scroll to the beginning of the new comments when they are last.

When some people are so eager to include everything, that they put their 
new comments between the quoted stuff and the quoted tag lines and footers,
even this last resort is defeated.

I am not against all quoting,
but it is often much too long or mostly superfluous.

This is not a personal attack, but a constructive suggestion toward making 
the list easier reading  and more helpful to all.

Thanks much for your consideration.

If you quote me, please put your comments first.
I have already listened to my questions.

Thanks.



If you quote me, please put your comments first.
I have already listened to mine.

Thanks.

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