On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 02:31 +0000, James Miller wrote: > I hate to disagree but I find it much, much easier to follow conversations > when the newest reply is on top. I find it too time consuming to scroll > through a long message just to find out someone left a three word reply. > > As I am on my blackberry more than I am at a pc, if I don't see the reply as > soon as I open the message it gets deleted without being read. Time is money > and I don't have time to scroll through every message. > > I will agree that sometimes it is helpful to make replies at the bottom and I > will attempt to keep the peace by posting at the bottom when I can, but top > posting is easier and more clean to read than having 100 lines of > and > broken lines. > > Warmest regards, > James > > > Sent from my Verizon BlackBerry. Always on, Always Connected > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lesly Dorval <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:14:54 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Top Posting > > Shaun Ruffell <sruffell <at> digium.com> writes: > > > > > Whatever your preferred style, the following post is at least worth > > considering. > > > > http://brooksreview.net/2011/01/interleaved-email/ > > > > My belief is that it would be nearly impossible for me to follow a high > > volume list if top posting was the preferred style. For example, the > > following email from the LKML would need to be more verbose if all the > > participants were top posting, because they would all have to set the > > context for their comments. Instead, you can follow the chain of > > thought for each of the "threads" contained in the email. > > > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1087665 > > > > Anyway, just something to consider, > > Shaun > I could never understand the strong objection regarding top-posting until > Shaun > shared these examples - though I had been reading lists for more years than I > care to admit. These examples clearly show how snipping and bottom posting > translate to susccint and clear contextual communication. From now I will > evangelize snipping and bottom posting. >
I cannot imagine considering scrolling to the end of an email time consuming. Very sad. If you find it too difficult on your blackberry to press the B key (to jump to the bottom of the message) then I am uncertain how you have enough time to even read this email. I'm all for good arguments. That "time consuming" one is just lazy. I personally find top posting annoying and only serving to an immediate conversation. Particularly useless if referencing the message later. -- With best regards, ---fred http://qxork.com -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
