Re: [FWP] another word for object?

[Peter Scott <Peter@PSDT.com>]

At 08:50 PM 9/5/00 -0400, John Porter wrote:
>David L. Nicol wrote:
> >
> > quoting upside down has its place; in fact in business negotiations
> > it can save everyone involved a lot of scrolling
>
>Even then it's only necessary because they won't (or can't)
>edit down the quoted material to the relevant bits.

With respect, I do not believe this is always true.  There are several 
conversations I take part in where the post-quoting is entirely 
appropriate; when there are several people all engaged in figuring out 
something complicated, the moment I see the subject line, I remember what 
was said before if it's a recent thread; I just want to know what the 
latest response is.  If my memory needs refreshing, then I can scroll down.

The advantage to leaving most or all of the previous conversation below is 
that a single message now preserves the history of the thread; no-one has 
to consult mail archives and wade through several messages to piece 
together everything later on.  This has proved valuable to me many times.

This is entirely inappropriate for Usenet and most public discussion lists, 
of course.  I used to be adamant that the quoting style used there was the 
only one that was right, but I have recently seen the advantages of the 
other approach in the right circumstances.

If it doesn't work for you, don't worry, I'm not likely to do it to 
you.  It does however work well in some contexts for me.  I do not believe 
it would ever be appropriate for FWP, mind.


--
Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies


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