Shotwell in Lucid

[Joep L. Blom]

On 08/05/11 09:05, rikona wrote:
> Hello Jeff,
>
>
> JG>  I've never seen that before myself and it is a bit annoying -
>
> Why annoying - just because it's different? :-)
>
> I think it is a much better way of quoting, but it's a shame that
> there are almost no clients smart enough to do it. If you have a
> longish, multi-split-up conversation between 3-5 people it is much
> more obvious who said what, on a line-by-line basis. Especially true
> with liberal snipping.
>
> Note also that it preserves the levels correctly re the conventional
> chrs, so if you count chrs to learn who says what, you still get the
> same result. So, on the quoted line below, or above, you have one
> quote chr, as expected, but with a very quick glance, you can also see
> who said it as well. More info, compactly presented. Very nice, IMHO.
>
> I participate on lists where most folks use this, and, from
> experience, it makes multi person, interleaved conversations much
> clearer. I see advantages, and no disadvantages. It's like Unity - you
> have to use it a while to fully appreciate the advantages. :-)
>
> But, as was mentioned in another thread, people are highly resistant
> to new [to them] things, even if they're better. :-)
>
> What do you think? Is this the kind of relatively small thing that
> will cause some people to get really upset?
>
> JG>  what client are you using?
>
> TheBat - nice client, many advantages - all OT, though - not gonna
> start down that road. :-)
>
Rikona,
It's a little strange to advocate a MS$ only mail client with - in my 
opinion also annoying - referral tactics.
I looked it up and I don't see any advantages over Thunderbird. I prefer 
coloured references with different colours per user, but hey, we all 
have our idiosyncrasies and if you prefer a Windows mail-client for a 
Linux mailing list, it's your choice and I respect it.
Joep