ti., 13.10.2009 kl. 08.52 +0100, skrev Alpar Juttner: > I understand that you don't like top posting (neither do I), but is that > indeed _so much of a hassle_ for you that you feel entitled to advise > people rather not to post if they can only do top posting? And/or advise > them to change their cell phone (btw. to an otherwise much worse one) > just because of this top posting issue? > > Regards, > Alpar
Legitimate question, I think. The thing is, once you start to loosen up on netiquette and common curtosy, things get ugly very quickly. If you've spent a little time on IRC recently, for example, you'll agree that the number of dyslexics there are striking. In some networks, on some channels, more than 80% have dyslexia these days, it seems. They don't, of course. They just say they do, because if they say that, people nod understandingly and stop complaining about their terrible language. And the lazy kids see that, and think: "hey, who on IRC can prove I _don't_ have dyslexia?". I hope my point is becoming obvious: there is nothing more contagious than a bad habit. If we stop caring about netiquette because people use bad MUAs, then that's an excuse. "My client can't do it" turns into "It's a lot of work in my client", then "I don't know how in my client" and then, "Who cares". And if the users doesn't care, why should the developers? This is not a good situation. The norm is easily contaminated on the internet. I'm sorry you have a bad client, and I'm saddened to hear that your employer forces you to use bad tools in your work. I don't think the rest of the world should help covering up their mistakes, though. Web designers have been doing that for years, with that browser from that company, and what is the result? New webdesigners are educated to write poor quality markup in order to conform to the contaminated norm. Sincerely, Jo-Erlend Schinstad _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
