On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 12:32, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I took the view that Evo encourages top-posting because it places > the cursor at the top of the reply.
bg: Only for the irremediably clueless and rude, or those who haven't had the reason pointed out to them. PO: > They responded that that wasn't > really the idea, since the poster is meant to edit the quote (removing > irrelevant material and inserting comments) and that's easier to do from > the top down. bg: They were exactly right. PO: > Nevertheless they did agree to include a Preference option > to place the cursor at the bottom. bg: Huge error in judgment, if you ask me, from a human factors engineering viewpoint - guaranteed to encourage the lazy and clueless to abandon any inclination to trimming forevermore. Brewster -- *********************************************************************** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable low-carbon justice diversity *********************************************************************** W. Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.us Portland, OR USA *********************************************************************** Simply because you don't like to hear it, that doesn't make it untrue. *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
