Ohhh the horror....
Programmer In Training wrote: > On 1/18/2010 8:53 AM, Robert L Cochran wrote: >> I top post. >> >> I don't think it helps to beat on people for their posting styles. It >> helps simply to respond to the issue under discussion. >> >> Bob > <snip> > > The problem with top posting, a problem no one seems to understand > despite it being so simple, is that top-posting BREAKS THE NORMAL > READING BEHAVIOR OF EVERY SINGLE HUMAN ON THE PLANET! We don't read from > bottom to top, it's top to bottom. > > With top posting you read the solution before you ever learn what the > problem was. Also, not editing out information you aren't directly > responding to wastes bandwidth (whether or not broadband penetration is > high in your country (US is ranked 17th for broadband penetration) is of > no concern). It wastes bandwidth and takes up extra, unnecessary room on > a users computer or in their mail account. > > Don't top post, bottom posting is much better, and posting your replies > directly UNDER the issue you are responding to is best, especially when > coupled with judicious snipping of unrelated (that is, unrelated to your > reply of the issue in concern) errata. > > I cannot respond to the issue under discussion when I do not know what > exactly you are responding to! So to summarize: > > * Don't top post > * Snip unrelated errata from the rest of the post. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
