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List:       gnupg-users
Subject:    Re: Keyservers
From:       Jonathan Ely <thajsta () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-03-20 22:08:48
Message-ID: 4D867AF0.2050309 () gmail ! com
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Something to think about that one. I guess I will experiment in the
future, but I understand what you mean and you do have a point with the
question > answer order rather than the reverse. Now I understand why
Thunderbird has that option.

On 20/03/2011 05:35 PM, Grant Olson wrote:
> On 03/20/2011 05:16 PM, Jonathan Ely wrote:
>> Really? For me, it is much easier to access the newest reply instead of
>> using the Down Arrow key to find it. Gmail always worked the same way
>> for me.
>>
> 
> Ingo's talking about the body of the message.  Most mailing lists people
> reply after the question, so it's in context when you find a thread
> later, instead of before, at the top of the message.
> 
> Arguably, when reading a message out of context, it's easier when most
> people see:
> 
> QUESTION: What is the secret to life, the universe and everything?
> ANSWER: 42
> 
> Rather than:
> 
> ANSWER: 42
> QUESTION: What is the secret to life, the universe and everything?
> 
> Which is what happens when you 'top-post' your answer at the top of the
> message.
> 
> If it's hard to do compose an interleaved reply with your screen-reader,
> that's fine, but you will get people complaining about it every now and
> then.  If it's easy, you probably want do to reply after people's
> comments, in context, instead of before, when you're on mailing lists.
> 
> 
> 
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