<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Neil Jerram <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neiljerram@googlemail.com">neiljerram@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
2009/1/25 Paul Fertser <<a href="mailto:fercerpav@gmail.com">fercerpav@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> Neil Jerram <<a href="mailto:neiljerram@googlemail.com">neiljerram@googlemail.com</a>> writes:<br>
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</div><div class="Ih2E3d">>> The right client could handle that for you; as Google Mail (for example) does.<br>
><br>
> Are you serious? Quotes are needed to remember context but you suggest<br>
> to quote the whole mail with no apparent reason and to hide them<br>
> later? WTF?<br>
<br>
</div>I think using software to solve a trivial problem is better than<br>
getting cross about it, yes.<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br>Furthermore, people may someday want to follow these discussions on an OpenMoko phone, where limited bandwidth and screen real estate really necessitate better quoting and trimming of each email. I used to use gmail's mobile web site to follow this list and it was a serious PITA to load several pages of quotes before reading one's response.<br>
<br>Whether helping someone out or asking a question, think of properly trimming your email part of your "contribution" to the project.<br>