On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 03:43, Jason Wong wrote: > On Friday 10 October 2003 11:02, Robert Cummings wrote: > > If you've been following a thread then you'll have read everything > > anyways. If you bottom post I gotta scan through all the crap I've > > already read, and that often involves employing the down arrow or mouse. > > One of the bad habits that top posting encourages is that of not trimming the > post. That is why there is so much crap to wade through. > > *Most* bottom posters are savvy enough to trim posts adequately to ensure that > there is no crap to wade through whilst maintaining some kind of continuity > within a thread.
I'll call this premise one, which is by no means a tautology since it really depends on the disposition of the poster. > > > Top posting is more efficient for those who are following along. > > That is a selfish thought <g>. During a selfless act of helping for free :) > 1) It is certainly not efficient in bandwidth terms (see above). This is based on premise one, which makes it only as valid as the case where a bottom poster doesn't trim a post. > 2) It is certainly not efficient for people who are not fully clued up on the > thread (or they may have jumped in mid-way), as they have to keep scrolling > down to see what the heck the top poster is ranting on about. Nothing stopping them from scrolling to the bottom and reading upward. >From what I keep hearing about how humans read we scan in parallel anyways and so reading bottom to top should have little difference over reading from top to bottom. And besides, who ever said reading from top to bottom is the "best" way. Heck, some languages read right to left. Feel free to break the mold and try alternatives ;) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
