> Absolutely! I agree with your thoughts re. microsoft. GUI based > email requires top posting to maintain readability.
Sorry, the post you are responding to I is one I wrote in a confusing manner. I switched halfway through talking about top posting when in fact I meant bottom posting. Top posting does NOBODY any good except the laziest of posters. As you can see in this post, YOUR quote goes on top (just the relevant portion) and MY response goes on the bottom. Just like a real conversation. This is to me the ONLY way that discussions CAN make sense. > The poster who said > a journal starts at the beginning is way off base - I don't want to > re-read the ENTIRE damn message every time I see it. I don't generally see that problem from bottom-posters -- they tend to trim to just the relevant portion, as I have here. It's the TOP posters who abuse this, often leaving sometimes an entire DIGEST of messages hanging off their one-line replies! I agree that if someone thoughtless quotes the ENTIRE post and then just adds "Me too!" at the bottom, that person is due for a bit of flaming. But broadly speaking I don't see this happen all that often, particularly here on this list where non-OE users tend to "do it right," ie quote just the relevant portion and then reply. > Top posting is the > rule on every list I know, except this one. I subscribe to a half dozen lists, and they ALL do things like I'm doing them here. Only the clueless newbies and/or OE user do it differently. It is *extremely* confusing to read posts like yours if more than a few hours have passed since I wrote what you are replying to -- if I try to read your part first, I get confused ... so I have to scroll DOWN and find the bottom of your message, scroll back UP to read the quote from me that you're replying to, and THEN read what you actually wrote. Not worth it, IMHO. _Chas_ Come to ... The CHASbah! http://thechasbah.blogspot.com Chas' CULTural Calendar (for Orlando): http://ical.mac.com/chasm/Chas'CULTuralCalendar -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
