Comments on: Why Mail.app quotes the way it does http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/21/why-mailapp-quotes-the-way-it-does/ Tips and add-ons to make Apple Mail / Mail.app even better Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Peter da Silva http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/21/why-mailapp-quotes-the-way-it-does/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 Peter da Silva Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:45:12 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/21/why-mailapp-quotes-the-way-it-does/#comment-1606 The issue isn't (or shouldn't be) how the message looks in reading mail. It's how the message looks when you're entering mail. If the vertical lines were just how mail represented "> " and "> > " then you could backspace over them and *put them back* smoothly. Instead, you had best not accidentally delete a character to far when trimming quoted text lest Mail.app lose track of where you are. The issue isn’t (or shouldn’t be) how the message looks in reading mail. It’s how the message looks when you’re entering mail. If the vertical lines were just how mail represented “> ” and “> > ” then you could backspace over them and *put them back* smoothly. Instead, you had best not accidentally delete a character to far when trimming quoted text lest Mail.app lose track of where you are.

]]> By: Tony Meyer http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/21/why-mailapp-quotes-the-way-it-does/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 Tony Meyer Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:18:42 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/21/why-mailapp-quotes-the-way-it-does/#comment-1479 I've found that nontechnical users find the vertical line easier to comprehend than > as well. It's hard enough to get them to quote (or understand that what you are doing is quoting) that any little thing helps. I’ve found that nontechnical users find the vertical line easier to comprehend than > as well. It’s hard enough to get them to quote (or understand that what you are doing is quoting) that any little thing helps.

]]> By: Brady J. Frey http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/21/why-mailapp-quotes-the-way-it-does/comment-page-1/#comment-1473 Brady J. Frey Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:10:22 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/21/why-mailapp-quotes-the-way-it-does/#comment-1473 Tell you the truth, I visually prefer the singular line. From a designers perspective, it adds more continuity and is easier to understand. This is the same premise regarding blockquotes in web design -- Kubrick, which your wordpress blog is based on, does this by default for blockquotes. The linear motion is more unified, to paraphrase... but I could see how it comes fearful out of the norm. Besides, you can always go to format > quote level and adjust it much easier than any other mail app I've found. Tell you the truth, I visually prefer the singular line. From a designers perspective, it adds more continuity and is easier to understand. This is the same premise regarding blockquotes in web design — Kubrick, which your wordpress blog is based on, does this by default for blockquotes. The linear motion is more unified, to paraphrase… but I could see how it comes fearful out of the norm.

Besides, you can always go to format > quote level and adjust it much easier than any other mail app I’ve found.

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