"Phil L" wrote in message
.uk...
Sacha wrote:
:: On 14/12/04 11:22, in article
:: , "
:: wrote:
::
::: On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 03:21:28 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
::: wrote:
:::
::::
:::: "Phil L" wrote in message
:::: .uk...
::::: Franz Heymann wrote:
::::::: "Phil L" wrote in message
::::::: .uk...
:::::::: Franz Heymann wrote:
:::::::
::::::: You edited wrongly. I did not write any of the stuff which
::::::: has three colons.
::::::: My meagre contribution was only the bit low down with 2
::::::: colons. Why do you use colons for attribution marks? They
::::::: are difficult to see. Have a shot at using "" like
::::::: everybody else.
:::::::
:::::
::::: I don't like them and it was obvious that this next part was
::::: from my keyboard.
::::
:::: It is a pity that you feel it necessary to inflict your
:::: idiosyncracy on the whole of urg.
:::: Many urglers have worse eyesight than you and find the colons
:::: difficult to count.
:::
::: I tend to ignore posts like that, mainly because I have
difficulty
::: following the attributions too.
::
:: I agree. It's an option open to everyone, of course and
certainly
:: one I intend to exercise!

I see, so if the indents are thusly:

you can follow the thread, but colons
:::
:::
:::
make it impossible?

Not impossible, but annoyingly tedious.



Yopu should try using OEQuotefix which puts quotes from different
people in
different colours...EG, this thread when read by me using OEQ has my
comments in blue, Franz's in red, Martin's in green and Sacha's in
black,
also at the top of the thread where it says Phil wrote, Franz wrote,
Martin
wrote etc, these names are in colours which correspond with the
comments
('Franz wrote' is in a red font, 'Martin wrote' is in a green font
etc)
Of course you can only use quotefix if you are using Outook
Express...it
also strips signatures from replies and puts the cursor at the
bottom
instead of the top.

All that would simply be gimmicry. The "" symbols work just fine,
except for one thing: Sometimes the added marks at the LH side causes
a wrapover on the RH side, resulting in a new line with the wrong
number of attribution marks. When I notice this, I usually add the
missing marks manually.

Franz