On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:29:39 +0200, NSK nsk2@wikinerds.org wrote:
Wouldn't it be better to top-post, so that we won't be required to downscroll pages of text just to read a paragraph? (alternatively, wouldn't it be better to quote just a line or two?)
Anyone knows how to make KMail display my signature properly in topposting?
-- NSK http://portal.wikinerds.org
I find gmail very useful for the large amounts of thread-based email conservations that an email list gets. It keeps messages in their own threads (by and large), displays all messages in the thread when you call it up (but already read messages are collapsed by default, one click expands them). Any messages in a thread can be expanded/collapsed. Quoted text is by default hidden (a click expands it). Generally it's just nicely designed - better than Thunderbird (which I use for personal/work mail) for long thread-based conversations.
Although you can bottom post or top post - the nicest thing is that it doesn't matter so much whether someone top/bottom posts to you, and it doesn't even matter if they quote the WHOLE conversation!
I wouldn't use gmail for other stuff though, as all mail is scanned (in theory just for ad placement). Ads are not distracting, as they are just text, and in a long conversation, usually only at the end rather than the side. Plus I like to possess my own mail where personal and work stuff is concerned. I can't imagine having all my personal mail stuck on a webmail account!!!
Oh, and with gmail, it's great for keeping/searching back through old threads. There's no adverse side-effects to keeping every message. I haven't particularly used it for this list, but one of my other mailing lists (Irish railway news in fact) is full of interesting and useful information that I might want to find later.
Zoney
P.S. Disclaimers: No I don't work for Google, I don't think they are great just because I like gmail, I'm not necessarily in favour of their advertising methods (though it's a good way to make money), and so on.