On 07-Jul-2010, at 12:10 AM, Rony wrote:
On Tuesday 06 July 2010 09:02 AM, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote:
I fully agree. No one is going to bother doing that. Most will simply stop responding to mails. Year of desktop ? You have some hope.
This list is full of fossils who stick to irrational rules that were set when only text based mails used to be run from large sub-mainframe computers and are not aware that the world has moved on.
Yes, most of the mobile clients do not allow bottom or interleaved posting as it does not put quoted text the way desktops do. On a small screen its not possible anyway.
Hi Saswata. Mobile clients were never meant for threaded list emails. They are more for responding to any urgent query from a customer or giving a short reply to an individual's mail.
Hi Rony, Mobiles and portable devices have long moved from being a quick / emergency usage devices. They have now become in many cases, primary mode of using the internet. We use it all the time, even when in office where desktops are available. Few today have time to sit separately and use a desktop to reply to all mails that have accumulated during the day. Ofcourse, if we have a long voluminous report or a 10 page mail to send, we have to use a desktop or laptop.
If that is the criteria being used, then many people will simply not reply. As they cant be bothered to find a desktop or to devote separate time to it. Most of my mails are sent when i am travelling in the car to and from office, or club or client meetings.
Plus if gmail has progressed so much, it can at least give an option in its settings to post the reply above or below the text, as it did in the web interface after gmail was introduced only with a top posting reply format initially.
Gmail is not the primary or main mailing system for most of us. We use our own. Or the ones available on the mobile platform we are currently using.
-- Regards,
Rony.
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