OT: [sdiy] Replying <and tags> :)

[jbv]

> At 01:25 AM 1/26/01 , Don Tillman wrote:
>
> >Now's a good time to say THANK YOU RICK for running the best email
> >list on the internet.

I think we all agree with that, no need to vote...    ;-)
Just to add my 2 cts, I'd say it's one of the rare lists on which you
want to stay... I've been on many lists since I got a net access in
96, but got tired of most of them and left after a few weeks / months.
But not synth-DIY...
Music-DSP is another great one too : believe it or not, when I subscribed
to it about 2 years ago, I didn't know much about DSP. But now I feel
like I'm ready to start DSP programing (when I have some free time,
that is...) !

> On the other hand, I have to say that the new [sdiy] tags don't do a thing
> for me. Since several other people have mentioned them, I'll add my
> comments as well. I think they are nearly useless, somewhat ugly, and take
> up precious subject-line real estate that would be better reserved for the
> actual subject. For example the following actual subject line looks pretty
> ate-up with tags:
>
>    Re: [sdiy] Re: Replying
>
> That's a total of 15 characters used up by tags (counting "Re:", which
> appears twice) and there are only 8 characters in the actual subject
> itself. If we were to throw in an "OT:" tag as well, (which we should for
> this subject), it begins to look really ugly.
>
>    Re: OT: [sdiy] Re: Replying
>

Guys, it's time to be consistent : if you agree that the replying policy is
fine
as it is, and that it doesn't bother you to have to cut & paste the list
adress
before replying, you'll certainly agree that it takes even less time to
remove
the useless chars (Re : , etc) from your message title before sending it...

jbv