From: Edgardo Hames Date: 2004-12-04T05:21:10+09:00 Subject: Re: SOT gmail invites On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 03:08:04 +0900, Hans Fugal wrote: > > I've tried the email list thing on gmail. At first it seemed good, but I > soon realized it had some massive failings, for me. I don't mind not > having threads in the initial view, but in the 'conversation view', I > sorely miss threading. Reading a thread linearly doesn't cut it unless > it's a linear thread. Some people apparently don't need to read a thread > in logical order and are content to jump around in the thread in > chronological or even no specific order. I get frustrated doing that - I > need the context. Maybe it's because I have a deficient ability to > maintain state in my head, or maybe I'm too impatient to want to figure > out where I am in the thread now with other clues (e.g. quotations which > I summarily ignore as much as possible). > Quotations can be used to bring up the context, but they are certainly misused most of the time. I believe MS Outlook can be blamed on this, since by default it top-posts the reply to a message. What I expected from GMail was the ability to mark threads by using different colors in a conversation, but I'm color-blind, so I don't care too much ;) Regards, Ed -- The downside of being better than everyone else is that people tend to assume you're pretentious.