I firmly believe that posting a reply to an email at the end of a message rather than at the beginning. This is especially important in mailing lists.
I’ve recently re-joined The Gunroom, a mailing list with a pretty high traffic volume. I want to be a good lissun and have been diligently paging down to the end of messages, snipping as I went.
I recently found a Greasemonkey script that automates the scrolling down, setting the editing caret at the end of the message instead of at the top.
The script can be found here for the new Gmail interface. It’s based on this script for the old interface.
Here’s how to enable this feature.
- You need to use Firefox. If you don’t, this script is not for you. (Greasemonkey may work in other browsers too.)
- Install Greasemonkey. This is a Firefox plugin that enables you to use customized Javascript scripts on different websites.
- Visit one of the script pages mentioned above. Click the button labelled “Install this script” and install from the pop-up.
- You’re done!
Another script that might be interesting for traditionalists is Gmail Fixed Font.