XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   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.   
      
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