All, Yes, I'm a top poster. Simply because I use gmail, and I don't want to click & scroll to the bottom of the message every time I respond to a message. But yes, I read everything in this thread, as it shows as bottom posting in my compose window.
Sorry for the inconvenience... Met vriendelijke groeten, Salutations distinguées, Kind Regards, DRIES FEYS CORPORATE SERVICES • Specialist Software Developer On 8 May 2013 16:44, Felmon Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 8 May 2013, V Stuart Foote wrote: > >> >> +1 >> From: anne-ology [[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 8:34 AM >>> >>> >>> top post ... bottom post ... top post ... bottom post ... top post >>> ... bottom post ... top post ... bottom post ... top post ... bottom post >>> ... >>> one requires re-reading the post, before getting to the new >>> bit; >>> one allows the new bit to be read - if one needs refreshing >>> on what's gone before, then merely scroll down. >>> >>> Why do some folks want to complicate things which are really quite >>> simple; >>> oh, windows could be rolled up & down in a car whenever; >>> then electric windows made it impossible to do so unless >>> the >>> engine was running ;-) >> >> >> +2 >> >> ;-) >> Stuart > > > -2 (or however many) > > many (all?) of us read several posts so you end up with a bunch of nearly > meaningless opening lines; why read further? with bottom-posting, you see > right away what the issue was, which motivates further reading. > > I know this is a perennial disagreement; perhaps top-posters might at least > consider pruning the thread so it's easier to know what they are talking > about. > > F. > > -- > Felmon Davis > > To love is wise; to hate is foolish. -- Bertrand Russell > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- **** DISCLAIMER **** http://www.tvh.com/newen2/emaildisclaimer/default.html "This message is delivered to all addressees subject to the conditions set forth in the attached disclaimer, which is an integral part of this message." -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
