On 21/07/17 05:37 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
What I thought had changed is still there:
+1 I am of the opinion that the awful UI we get with the Gmail interface on mobile devices and its web interface, as well as various other webmail interfaces, 'hides' the previous message so that the author is unaware that the whole thing is being included. Many of these awful email UIs also default to top posting. There's a saying that ignorance of the law is not excuse. That may have been true in simpler times :-) I think there's a corollary about technology. Microsoft and others have made a practice of dumbing down users, 'learned disability'. We occasionally see it here with people migrating from Windows. How can anyone encountering a new app for the first time NOT take a walk though the menu bar to see what's there, to see what the 'settings' options are? But we get that. More to the point, when people still contacted me about help with computers and I suggested that they do this, that they take an initiative, they took offence that I wasn't telling them in detail what to click on. We're now seeing that with a wider group. I'm encountering people who should know better, who have been using computers for decades, but now use Gmail on their phones, and succumb to the violation of this simple piece of etiquette. Yes, Basil, but I think we're fighting a loosing game. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org