> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Goy Larsen"
> > > <snip>
> > Well, I should qualify my statement I guess, I sort messages
> > by subject, in which case your original post to this "new"
> > thread was the first in a new thread,
> That's odd uncle... what's the benifit (to you)?
I get messages sorted by "subject".....:-), and then by date/time,
instead of collaborating messages connected together, makes it easier to
find the messages from people who's messages I take the time to read
I usually start out by reading the first couple of messages in a thread,
if the subject looks interesting I keep reading, if not I scroll down to
see if any of the "regulars" are posting to it, if not, I mark thread
read and move to the next, if I see a message by say Steve Smith, I read
his message to see if the thread picked up at some point, if it did I go
back and read the whole thread, in which case it doesn't really matter
what way I sort it
If people quote the important bit from the message they reply to, this
is a pretty good way to sort it, and if they don't, there's always the
"references" links at the top which takes me straight to previous
message in the thread
Force of habit more than anything else I guess, the first time went
online, back in 95, the guy who helped me set up my computer used
Netscape and he used it this way, so it stuck I guess :-)
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
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"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
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