Only when interleaving. When including the entire message like I am, top posting is the only way. There seem to be a lot of 'brain farts' around here. Too many brains, not enough common sense. True bottom posting is MUCH harder to read unless you HAVE to read the original. If the communication is between 2 people, the first only needs his words back as a reference at the bottom. With multiple replies, bottom posting is a nightmare. Posters generally include everything in the reply, necessitating top posting. The messages on this site (other than yours) bear me out. Bottom posting is a relic of the text-email days, and is useful primarily with small messages. I ignore many messages on this list, as it is just too much effort to move the darn mouse and scroll down, well...20 lines? 50 lines? 300 lines? I just don't wish to reread the messages multiple times. If I want to see the original, I can just scroll down when top posted. Duh.
On Sunday, October 13, 2002, at 07:07 PM, Charles Martin wrote: >> 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 > > ---------------------------------------- Richard Kleim Graduate Studies Library and Information Science University of South Florida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar ----------------------------------------- -- 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
