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Thought for the Day - Email Netiquette: Please Don't Shout

KruizinKombi - July 19th, 2003 at 06:55 PM

There are lots of sources available outlining what is acceptable ettiquette on the internet ("netiquette", such as....

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But -- and this is important -- use capital letters sparingly. One of the most important rules of netiquette is to turn off the "Caps Lock" key. Why? Because when you type in all capital letters, it comes across as shouting. Most of the time, writing an entire sentence in capital letters is overkill:

I AM FINE THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU DOING?

Capital letters, besides being considered rude, are harder to read than mixed-case letters. If, for some reason, you cannot type in mixed case, choose all lower-case letters instead.

Unless your message is vitally important, mixed case is better. or even lower case is ok.

Quoted from The Basics of Email Netiquette

hool - July 19th, 2003 at 09:47 PM

THANKS FOR THE TIP!

dakgrrl - July 19th, 2003 at 10:04 PM

this is basically common sense isn't it?

I remember when my perents were working shift work, they communcated vie handwritten messages in a diary and if my mother was pissed at my father she wrote with the caps lock on! Quite amusing really....

68AutoBug - July 19th, 2003 at 10:09 PM

[size=0]I believe Most of Us know about shouting on the Internet.... I have been typing for 40 years... the keys were much harder to press down in those days... Mechanical typewriters were the go... the harder You typed the darker the print was.... just as well computers down't do this... We would be able to tell who was 'tearing their hair out' by the very dark printing... and there wasn't any Shouting on typewriters.. [/size]
:thumb:thumb:o:thumb:thumb:bounce:bounce:bounce

VWFOOL - July 20th, 2003 at 05:35 AM

was there anything written about constantly using extremely large font?

The_Bronze. - July 20th, 2003 at 09:25 AM

Heh he ...

You guys

pyr0 - July 20th, 2003 at 09:44 AM

AlSo YoU CaN TeLl If SoMeOnE Is BoReD If ThEy TyPe EvErY 2nD LeTtEr In CaPs :P

Stanley - July 20th, 2003 at 11:26 AM

68autobug I'm going to go out on a limb here and say what most people are thinking. I'll be as diplomatic as I can.
When your happily reading away at a topic scrolling down through the posts and all of a sudden you come across a post from you "IT FREAKS US OUT" :o:o
Phew, I feel better now.

Adam_C - July 20th, 2003 at 04:47 PM

Psssst ...... that was him ...... and thanks lee more space for VW pics now

KruizinKombi - July 21st, 2003 at 09:57 AM

Keep it nice Dubnut. You wouldn't want us hanging shit on you...

Purple Martin - July 21st, 2003 at 12:24 PM

I enjoy the content of Lee's posts very much, but I admit that I find the large text off-putting. It's difficult to read, I have to back away from the monitor a few metres.

lmao@hool

SKEWtYpe3 - July 21st, 2003 at 03:24 PM

i just dont read caps craps cos its crap !

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Robo - July 21st, 2003 at 06:17 PM

Hi Herbie.
Translation please! I can say it, cant read it.
Rob......

silver - July 21st, 2003 at 06:24 PM

It,s easy to read as it,s written in the language.rehctub
ask your friendly Butcher about it

KruizinKombi - July 21st, 2003 at 06:33 PM

LOL

Robo - July 21st, 2003 at 06:33 PM

Okie dokie
Got it now, you had me sweating there!
Rob...:jesus

Tazz - July 21st, 2003 at 09:33 PM

LMAO!
:beer

Peter Leonard - July 21st, 2003 at 09:38 PM

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trust me...