On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:19:43 +0200 Wim De Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:57:41 +1000, Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 10:37:11PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman said > > > (I'm bottom-posting only because this list - uniquely, in my > > > experience - insists on it. You really should try reading > > > your email in reverse chronological order. It works.) > > > > Every single technical list (far too many) I'm on is *strongly* > > slanted to the > > post-below-what-you're-replying-to-so-it's-easy-to-keep-up > > worldview. > > Top posting leads to a big mess. Every non-technical person does > it and it ends up with them saying "let's use a forum or > something" because they can't follow the thread any longer. > Surprise surprise, a forum works with bottom posting and everybody > seems to find that normal. > > Anyway most people toppost, but only because their software (ms > outlook) insists on it and they end up hating it themselves, but > they don't know why. I know that I wouldn't be able to follow the > kind of elaborate discussions that go on here if everybody started > topposting. You're welcome to try to, and loose 95% of the list's > interest in the process. > > greets, > Wim > I have been told that top-posting plays "hell" with people who are optically impaired so they have computers which read to them. Can you imagine getting top-posted emails read in reverse order? -- Raquel TRHMail - SAFE! Email http://www.thericehouse.net/pager.php/email/ ============================================================ Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. --Gladys Browyn Stern -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
