07-22-2010, 10:50 AM
[quote name='larsrc' date='22 July 2010 - 08:13 AM' timestamp='1279782830' post='1221']
I guess you didn't use Usenet back before the days of Web forums? Threading was very important then.[/quote]
Yes, those were the days. My first online experience was with a 2400 kBaud modem and Compuserve (which was even pre-Usenet). Their first invoice was a terrible shock <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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However even Usenet started out flat and it took a while until news readers offered really usable threaded views (I remeber FreeAgent as one of the first with really usable threaded view on Windows).
Even today, some prefer a flat view and this leads to the same issue we face here: to suit both, careful selective quoting should be used.
-- Markus
I guess you didn't use Usenet back before the days of Web forums? Threading was very important then.[/quote]
Yes, those were the days. My first online experience was with a 2400 kBaud modem and Compuserve (which was even pre-Usenet). Their first invoice was a terrible shock <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />However even Usenet started out flat and it took a while until news readers offered really usable threaded views (I remeber FreeAgent as one of the first with really usable threaded view on Windows).
Even today, some prefer a flat view and this leads to the same issue we face here: to suit both, careful selective quoting should be used.
-- Markus
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