[clug] KDE Desktop

[rodney peters]

On 1/6/19 9:04 pm, Scott Ferguson via linux wrote:
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> On 6/1/19 7:10 PM, George at Clug via linux wrote:
> <snipped>
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>> On Saturday, 01-06-2019 at 18:15 Scott Ferguson via linux wrote:
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>>> On 6/1/19 4:10 PM, George at Clug via linux wrote:
> <snipped>
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>> I find it easier to read replies at the top, than miss comments among the previous email's text.
> Easier for YOU. Easier for you to ignore questions (as you did).
> Harder for anyone else. Not inclusive.
> Especially harder for those of us who are visually impaired and have to
> listen to the post several times to find out 'what' people are
> 'replying' too (as they are too lazy to move the mouse to below the
> comment they are replying too).
>
>>>      A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right.
>>>      Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text?
>> Actually I find this method way more confusing, as I read from the top to the bottom, not in reverse order like the below text.
> You misread.
>
>>>      A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>>>      Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>>>
>> Context come from starting at the beginning of a conversation. If you don't have context, simply go back and start at the beginning.
>
Then we need to convince FOSS developers, eg Thunderbird, to at least 
have this as an optional setting, if not the default.


Rod