[OT] quoting text

[Stewart Gordon]

Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:51:56 -0400, Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 at yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
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>> If I want to read the whole message you're replying to, I can open up 
>> the mesasge you're replying to in my newsreader.
> 
> Yes, but there are some issues there:
> 
> 1. the newsgroup/newsreader sometimes doesn't correctly put your message 
> as a reply to the original.

Is it really happening with _my_ messages?  (When a thread becomes 
broken up, how often compared to not is it due to user error?)

> 2. You may not read messages threaded, so it might be tough to find the 
> original message.

If I want to be able to see what a message is in reply to, why would I 
use a newsreader that doesn't offer a threaded view?

> 3. You almost ALWAYS want to read the immediately responded-to message 
> for context (i.e. quote level 1), I am annoyed when I have to close the 
> message I was reading to read the one responded to.  Especially when I 
> am following 5 threads at once.
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Does Opera Mail make it as cumbersome as that?  Most programs I've read 
newsgroups in offer two alternatives:
- keeping two message windows open at once
- a preview pane that can be quickly and easily changed to view a 
different message

Maybe what would be better still is some kind of split-pane view of two 
messages at once.

Stewart.