Some years ago I would have agreed, that it messes up the order in which people usually read text, but a friend changed it:
He's blind and is saying nothing <insert stronger expression for annoys him more> than having to search for inserted comments in the middle of an email that is part of a thread he's allready familar with. I tend to agree with him that it is indeed more comfortable and faster even if you're not handicapped. And yes, there are also good reasons not to top post: Multiple comments to different parts of a post, just to name one. After all, email threads in newsgroups and mail lists are not normal text :) cheers, Toralv > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sonntag, 20. Juli 2008 04:20 > To: Richard M. Smith > Cc: 'funsec' > Subject: Re: [funsec] Where does the Republican Party stand > on the 1stAmendment? > > On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:58:37 EDT, "Richard M. Smith" said: > > What's wrong with top posting? > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? > > Firmensitz: Muenchen Amtsgericht: AG Muenchen Handelsregister: HRB 144340 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Eric F. Brown, Anthony E. Ruiseal Bankverbindung: ABN-Amro Bank N.V. Konto 671 211 9006 UST-ID: DE168122444 _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
