This is probably as bad as introducing religion or politics, but do you place email replies before or after the text you are replying to? I’m most often a bottom replier with threading used for longer messages. My reasoning is that I like to know what I am reading, so by placing my reply at the bottom I am giving the other person context.
And you?
Completely depends on the nature of the e-mail. Most often, I have a few quoted lines, followed by my response to that portion, then a few more quoted lines, etc. If I don’t alternate this way, I usually respond on the top. Sometimes, but very seldom, is my reply completely below the quoted text–usually if the original text is somewhat short.
Comment by Lee Bennett — August 13, 2005 @ 10:27 pm
Top. Always. If I’m responding to several questions, doesn’t matter. If they don’t remember what they asked, they can scroll down. I’m not gonna waste my time threading everything manually.
Comment by dowingba — August 15, 2005 @ 9:27 pm