Ralph, I think that you hit the nail squarely on the head.
This thread is the result of the single action of the one that started it that succeeded irrelevant comments he made in a previous thread. Regarding my experience, top posting was the practice in every commercial/industrial enviroment that I worked in. Back in those days it was generally labeled of "reply with history." The practice allowed anyone who came in late on an issue to have the ability to simply scroll down in order to become familiar with the entire issue. Now, I do bottom post here simply because it is encouraged to "trim" history thus it does work. I agree with all that you say but "resistance might be futile." <G> JT Ralph Green wrote: > Howdy, > I am pretty sure Stanton does get it, and you mis-read him Kyle. It > was probably an accident, but Stanton was commenting on the notion that > top-posting forces your reader to work. Top posting for short messages > is easier to read and that is the big advantage. Most people could > configure their email program to top or bottom post. So, posting either > way is about the same effort. Reading top posted replies is much > easier, because the response is right there when you open the message. > You don't have to scroll down to the bottom just to see what the new > message says. That is such a waste of time. For long messages, it may > add clarity and be worth the effort. It is nothing but make work on > short messages and I would discourage it, plain and simple. > Good day from someone who will try to resist furthering this thread, > Ralph > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
