Point taken and I'm sorry for being one of those people that do it. You're absolutely right and I'd very gladly +1 on that!
-------- Original Message -------- > From: "Bertrand Delacretaz" <bdelacre...@apache.org> > Sent: quinta-feira, 5 de Janeiro de 2012 10:28 > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: I hate top posting > > Hi Flex community, > > I'm just here as an incubation mentor so I'm not going to dictate > anything (nor do I have the power to do so when it comes to such > things), but I hate top posting and I'm seeing way too much of it for > my taste here. > > How much in reverse are you reading to used don't I know, but that > doesn't work for me - in my experience, top posting tends to lead to > shallow discussions, as it's hard to see exactly what one is replying > to so a lot of precision is lost. > > Also, keeping the whole thread in each message makes our archives next > to useless, as searching for a specific statement will return every > message in the thread. > > IMO, the first part of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style > describes the efficient Apache style of "inline posting with minimal > quoting" very well, and also IMO that's by far the style that works > best for serious discussions on a large list like this one. > > Spending some time to carefully trim and quote what you're replying to > will save lots of time for the (already many) subscribers of this list > when reading your message. > > If your mail client is too broken for that, use a better one for your > Apache communications... > > Thanks for listening, and yes top posting does work in *some* cases as > well, like just saying +1 to a long rant like this one (hehe...I just > killed that potential joke ;-) > > -Bertrand
