[MR] Trimming posts, footers and all

[Morvyth verch Morgan]

The most basic answer is this:  Since it is guaranteed that not all  
of us have the "latest and greatest"... or even the same operating  
system and our choices of software differ.... it is the courteous  
thing to do to accommodate the *least capable* software/reader/computer.

Which means in essence that even though *your* (speaking in  
generalities) software may prevent you from seeing footers/previously  
read bits, etc... someone else's may well not... and as a civilized,  
courteous member of our gentility, you then opt to take a few  
keystrokes to make others' reading experience a bit easier.

This never ceases to be a flash point, and I never understand why it  
is so *hard* to remember that not everyone *has* (can afford/make use  
of) all the bells and whistles that some people have at their disposal.


On May 21, 2006, at 12:00 PM, atlantia-request at atlantia.sca.org wrote:

> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 18:34:48 -0400
> From: "Mrs Pix" <mrspix at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Fwd: Please trim footers (was) Please change
> 	subjects!!!	(was in the ancient past) Re: Atlantia Digest, Vol 40,
> 	Issue 54
> Cc: "The Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
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> pardon him, and myself for deciding to allow some bits of  
> technology to make
> our lives a little easier.  :-P
>
> Why is it that when someone suggests an update with whatever their  
> email
> list reader is someone else gets all huffy and puffy, hostile, and  
> then
> bleeds hostility from the original person merely making the  
> suggestion that
> an update to their reading method might virtually eliminate the  
> necessity to
> trim posts?  The response to the suggestion is far less chivalrous  
> than
> original suggestion to update.  Anyone who would like to know what  
> I am
> using is free to email me offlist.