I'm kind of rabid about including options in the programs I write, pretty much any option I can think might be useful if it isn't too hard to write in. How can ~I~ know what the user will find useful? So if I can ask, that's great, but sometimes it's not possible.
Maybe Microsoft overdoes it a little; there are so many it's sometimes hard to find the one I want. But I'd rather have that problem than the opposite one. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* ...There is a saying, "Be careful what you seek; you might find it." And some who have sought God only as a complacent ally of their own ambitions have found Him a consuming fire. -John Baillie, Invitation to Pilgrimage [1942] */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 16:14 Back when I started using Thunderbird as an email client (around 2002?), TB forced you to bottom-post and it took a special hidden option to allow top-posting. And, it did not really work right if using a text file signature line. There was a *BIG* argument between the users (wanting top-posting) and the developers saying bottom-posting was a published standard). It took years (10+) before the developers gave in. Also, back in those days, it was clearly pointed out to the developers that their "so called" standard was for newsgroups, not email but they were stuck deep in their "we know what is right" mode. They also ignored the fact that Outlook had been using top-posting for years and around that time Outlook was the most used email client and had really become more of the standard. I bet we all know programmers that "know better than us". (Or, should I be looking in a mirror?) :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
