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Date: 24 Oct 2004 06:32:13
From: Carol McAnulty
Subject: Group Replies
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We could save us all a lot of time if in replying to any message we
delete the previous message in the reply box. Yes it does take a few
seconds but it makes it so much easier to study a stream of replies.
Otherwise you have to scroll past all the old messages with each
reply. I am suprised google doesn't make this the default. It also
takes oodles less storage space for the group and makes it much more
efficient to archive the group, Carol M
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Date: 24 Oct 2004 14:26:29
From: CeeBee
Subject: Re: Group Replies
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[email protected] (Carol McAnulty) wrote in rec.games.chess.analysis:
> We could save us all a lot of time if in replying to any message we
> delete the previous message in the reply box. Yes it does take a few
> seconds but it makes it so much easier to study a stream of replies.
> Otherwise you have to scroll past all the old messages with each
> reply.
Not quoting is a bad habit. Quoting is a good habit, mimicking a real life
discussion between people, making it clear to what exactly you responded.
"Quoting the text of the articles you are responding to helps the reader
follow the thread that your posting becomes a part of. The reader does not
need to look back at the previous articles to understand the context that
makes yours meaningful." to quote someone else :)
Snipping is good practice however. Snipping is somewhat different than
deleting.
Deleting the whole original message you respond to is not a good idea,
because
- not all newsreaders or archive thread or queue in the same way, making
it less obvious or even impossible to find out to what or whom you
responded;
- most people use the newsserver from their provider, not Google; and not
all newsservers have the same retention time, making original messages
disappear (and with it the meaning of the answer);
- if you crosspost for a _good_ reason, people in the other newsgroup want
to know what ist was your reacted to.
> I am suprised google doesn't make this the default.
Google doesn't always thread in a correct way also.
One of the problems of Google is that if you change the subject line,
Google won't be threading it correctly anymore. It will become an orphaned
message, no part of the original queue anymore. Such a message without the
original quote would be worthless, as it would be unclear what you were
responding to.
> It also
> takes oodles less storage space for the group
No need to fear the size of a Usenet text message. Rest assured the text
based groups are not the priy worry of the providers and their
newsservers. Let's talk about binaries groups for a change.
--
CeeBee
"I don't know half of you
half as well as I should like;
and I like less than half of you
half as well as you deserve."
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Date: 24 Oct 2004 10:25:47
From: Kenneth Sloan
Subject: Re: Group Replies
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CeeBee <[email protected] > writes:
> ...
> No need to fear the size of a Usenet text message. Rest assured the text
> based groups are not the priy worry of the providers and their
> newsservers. Let's talk about binaries groups for a change.
> ...
Only...please talk about it somewhere where it is on-topic.
Please.
--
Kenneth Sloan [email protected]
Computer and Information Sciences (205) 934-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX (205) 934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://www.cis.uab.edu/sloan/
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Date: 24 Oct 2004 22:52:32
From: CeeBee
Subject: Re: Group Replies
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Kenneth Sloan <[email protected] > wrote in rec.games.chess.analysis:
> Only...please talk about it somewhere where it is on-topic.
>
> Please.
I'll remember your advice whenever I feel the urge to talk about it
here. It's very unlikely that I will, but you never know.
--
CeeBee
"I don't know half of you
half as well as I should like;
and I like less than half of you
half as well as you deserve."
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Date: 24 Oct 2004 14:03:38
From: Euclid
Subject: forget about it
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n/t
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