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   VanguardLH to Frank Slootweg   
   Re: Text messages sort order   
   23 Jan 26 12:05:19   
   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
      
   > VanguardLH  wrote:   
   >> Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >   
   >>>   AND, as you yourself found out, there's a very good reason that -   
   >>> other than in e-mail -, the newest SMS message is at the bottom, because   
   >>> that's where the reply box is.   
   >>   
   >> And since I'm only interested in replying to the last message, *I* would   
   >> prefer the new-message input box to be at the top of the window instead   
   >> of at the bottom.  Configurability is not an option with this text apps.   
   >   
   >   I haven't seen any SMS/IM app on any mobile platform, which had the   
   > new-message input box at the top. Also not on my previous three phones   
   > and I bet, you didn't have it on your previous phone either.   
      
   And I've seen students piled up outside a classroom door waiting to get   
   inside, but I walk up and tug on the door, find it unlocked, and enter   
   whereupon all those waiting students then proceed to enter, too.  Just   
   because it's the norm doesn't mean it is the best choice.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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