/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2008/08/22/#ubuntu-artwork.txt

=== DanaG1 is now known as DanaG
zerwasHi21:33
zerwasIn a few days the first deadline is there. Can somebody explain to me what this means?21:36
askandIs it only me or is half the mailinglist complains about topposting? =-O22:41
nand_it's a rite amongst Ubuntu artworkers :)23:05
pwnguinit needs to be solved once and for all23:05
pwnguinclaiming there's an established ettiquette is simply a lie23:06
Flanneltopposting is evil23:06
pwnguinpsh23:06
pwnguinwrite google and tell them how they're being evil then23:07
Flannelits a crime against your fellow man, and because such, is against the code of conduct :)23:07
pwnguinif open source is worth a damn, this angst should produce some sort of technical solution23:07
pwnguingiven that we know they exist23:07
nand_one of the - involuntary - culprit is Gmail : it is hiding the quoted text so that topposting or not, it looks the same. So Gmail users don't understand what is the problem23:07
Flannelpwnguin: Theres a good number of clients (all in Ubuntu?) that default to starting replies below quoted23:08
pwnguinFlannel: ok, so how about some decent threading and collapsing23:09
pwnguindid google patent it?23:09
FlannelEh?  I have no idea what you're talking about23:09
pwnguinhave you not seen gmail threading in action?23:10
FlannelNope.  I prefer to own my data.23:10
pwnguini dont see how that means you never look at what others are doing23:10
pwnguinanyways23:10
FlannelHaving never used gmail, I obviously am unaware of its UI23:10
FlannelSorry for not watching your type emails over your shoulder.23:11
pwnguinlike there aren't videos etc23:11
pwnguinanyways23:11
pwnguinwhat it does is collapse quoted text into a small purple "click to expand quote"23:11
pwnguinand automatically threads mail23:12
Flannelthreading is ... all over the place23:12
pwnguinin my experience it works almost perfectly23:13
Flannelpwnguin: and, a cursory search reveals that thunderbird has a quote collapse extension thing too.23:13
pwnguingreat23:13
pwnguini should try it sometime23:13
pwnguinthe point is, lots of the world has never heard of "top posting"23:14
pwnguintechnology can make that an artifact of time23:14
pwnguinand the sooner that happens, the sooner people won't feel antagonized in ubuntu-artwork23:15
Flannelpwnguin: Yes, but people in FOSS do, and older people (from the beginnings of the internet) do too.  There's just a gap for the rest, which are also the people who click on email links to download screensavers and icon packs.  I'm, not really sure where you're going.23:15
Flannelpwnguin: The first thing one should do when joining a community officially or unofficially, is observe their social norms.23:16
FlannelThis goes for any community, whether online, or a new job, or whatever.23:16
pwnguinhaving observed the social norms of -artwork, they seem unhealthy :P23:16
Flannelpwnguin: I'm actually not subscribed to the mailing list, so I wouldn't be the one to comment on that.23:17
pwnguinthen you'll have no choice to believe me when I say that every month a collossal top posting thread is initiated by one or two agitators23:18
pwnguinive tried to remedy the poison23:18
pwnguinit seems to have worked a bit, but it's a social solution to a technical problem23:19

Generated by irclog2html.py 2.7 by Marius Gedminas - find it at mg.pov.lt!