XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Nov 20, 2025 at 7:48:36 AM MST, "Frank Slootweg" wrote   
   <10fnd7s.tu8.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>:   
      
   > Anton Shepelev  wrote:   
   >> David B. to Frank Slootweg:   
   >>   
   >>>>    And no, scrolling to the end doesn't even solve the   
   >>>> problem, because the reader has no way of knowing if the   
   >>>> poster did or didn't use interleaved posting (quote,   
   >>>> response, quote, response, ...), so (s)he has to page   
   >>>> through the post page-by-page, just to see if there's any   
   >>>> new text somwhere in the mass quoted text.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> [...]   
   >>>   
   >>> So, what is YOUR recommendation, Frank?   
   >>   
   >> Technically, text editors and viewers and e-mail clients can   
   >> support quick back-and-forth navigation between interleaved   
   >> pieces of text with the lowest quotation level: level zero when   
   >> reding, and level one when replying.   
   >   
   >   Yes, technically Usenet/NetNews viewers *could* support that, but in   
   > reality most does not have that functionality.   
   >   
   >   But the *point* (in the snipped part) is, that scrolling and   
   > back-and-forth navigation are hacks to solve the problem which was   
   > created by the lazyness of the *poster*, namely not snipping quoted text   
   > which is no longer relevant.   
      
   Different people will view snipping differently, and do it differently. It is   
   just the way it is.   
      
   The only time I have an issue with it is when people snip to twist or run.   
      
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