On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 4:12 PM, kenneth gonsalves <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 15:50 +0530, Phani Bhushan Tholeti wrote: > > > Guys you are using Google services, and most people seem to have > > gmail > > > account with which they interact. Google thinks top posting is the > > way to > > > go. The tools are also trimmed accordingly (although the latest > > clients do > > > allow you to trim, that's not the default behavior. > > > > Precisely. > > not so, I first started using linux with pine mail client in 1995. Since > then, every mail client I have used has the option of positioning the > cursor at the bottom of the quoted matter, and if I recall correctly > kmail among others has this as the default. > There is an option, no one gives a shit. People use what they get by default. > > > > > The only reason people top post is that that is the default behavior > > of most email clients > > > (including Thunderbird). You seem to go against the flow and think > > somehow > > > your way is the best way. > > there are 3 reasons why people top post: > 1. They have not been trained to post properly - most common case. > 2. They are lazy - next most common case. > 3. They deliberately top post to try and prove that their opinion is > superior to the collective wisdom of 30-40 years of open source mailing > list practices. > > Yes people are lazy, and its not a crime to be so. No one needs anyone to preach them out of lazyness. > > > > Wish these were my words... I somehow feel that most Unix users tend > > to think in the time frame of the > > 70s... with vi, ed and command line. The command line is powerful, but > > using a GUI isn't a sin if it helps you. > > if this was really true, how come all linux distros come with fancier > and fancier GUIs? Or are all these things written by microsoft to > corrupt linux users? To see the rest of my comments please scroll down. > > With all your fancier GUI, it still does not get the market. There has to be a reason for that, think about it. You think people should learn to use it, people think you should learn to respect their views and way of life, and your software should be able to help them solve their problems, not create new ones. Similarly, your forum should help them solve their problems. You are instead growing a culture to start a discussion on your stupid posting rules whenever someone looks for help. A software should not need to be customized to meet your requirements, it should come with all the settings. -- Debasish Ray Chawdhuri http://www.geekyarticles.com/ [A collection of advanced articles on java] -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
