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On Friday 13 November 2009 08:43:39 Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > My new! improved! shiny! Android phone has a Gmail app. It's nice to use |
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> > but it's quoting style is horrible and looks thusly: |
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> Oh my :) |
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> I've never used or even seen Android, but I googled and found this: |
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> http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1136 |
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> Maybe that's similar to what you're dealing with... |
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> I've never seen a mobile phone with an email client on it that supported |
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> proper traditional quoting. They all either top post or don't even quote |
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> at all. |
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Looks like the use-case for mail on smart phones is twitter users wanting to |
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type something longer than a twit. |
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It all seems geared to having disconnected IM conversations over email, rather |
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than actual email :-) |
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> So I'd say add a signature indicating you're writing from mobile and |
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> people can get over the fact that you've top-posted. :) Or try to find a |
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> third-party e-mail client that supports traditional quoting methods. |
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That's a plan. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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