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[Robert Ramsay Lamar <address@hidden>]

Alfe wrote:
> Joris van der Hoeven wrote:
> > In order to avoid an escalation of the number of messages,
> > please try to list and summarize suggestions in one long message
> > (or a few messages by subject), rather than a big number of short messages.
>
> I prefer multiple short messages because each independent topic then can be 
> tracked with the normal mail client features like threading, marking, etc.  
> If several ideas are given in one mail, some of the ideas tend to get lost 
> and stay uncommented because the mail already looks answered if just one idea 
> is answered.

I agree.  It is sometimes challenging to follow the discussion about a 
litany of suggestions and complaints.  Done well, however, threading 
features help.

What is just as difficult, though, is following a discussion thread that 
defies threading.  As an example, it is very difficult to follow the 
recent discussion on Zoomable Interfaces because the subject line 
changed so frequently.  It would be a big help if replies were true 
replies and not new messages.  Even the mailing list archive got the 
threads wrong.

http://lists.texmacs.org/wws/arc/texmacs-users/2008-10/msg00100.html

Cheers,
Rob


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