Author: gerold daniels
Date: 16:23:37 11/07/05
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On November 07, 2005 at 11:15:46, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On November 07, 2005 at 11:02:25, Paul Jacobean Sacral wrote: > >>On November 07, 2005 at 05:45:11, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >> >>> This was no attack whatsoever. Please have a look at >>> http://www.onlinenetiquette.com/courtesy1.html >>> where you can find the following regarding the >>> subject "Online Netiquette" >>> >>> Below are the online basics you need to minimally >>> become familiar with in order to be taken seriously >>> in your online communications. >>> >>> Do not type in all caps. Typing in all caps is considered >>> yelling or screaming online. Those who type in all caps >>> are perceived as lazy and not being considerate of those >>> who will have to read their e-mail. >> >>You intend text for no appearant reason, and you use hard line breaks. It is >>better NOT to use line breaks at all but just type continuously without pressing >>the return key, because the message board software or the user's browser will >>handle that automatically. For example, your last paragraph looks like this: >> >> Do not type in all caps. Typing in all caps is considered >> yelling or screaming online. Those who type in all caps >> are perceived as lazy and not being considerate of those >> who will have to read their e-mail. >> >>But it should look like this: >> >>Do not type in all caps. Typing in all caps is considered yelling or screaming >>online. Those who type in all caps are perceived as lazy and not being >>considerate of those who will have to read their e-mail. >> >>IMO you cannot teach others how to write in style but at same time, use a >>strange non-standard format yourself :) Thanks... >> >>Yours truly Paul J. Sacral > > > You may be right but why not do things even better > than the standard format. You will surely have to > agree that my responses to other postings are much > easier to read and to distinguish who has something > written here. > Regards > Kurt It looks ok to me Kurt. :) gerold
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