On Sunday, October 13, 2002, at 08:57 PM, Gerald Uhlan wrote: > Exactly what I was saying! It makes no sense whatsoever to post new > information at the bottom. Then you have to go searching for the part > you > wanted to read. It isn't the same as a paper journal, where you would > logically add new information to the bottom. That's fine for paper - > you > can see the whole page at once! As you can't see the lower half of > the page > without scrolling down, it makes absolutely no sense to bury your > reply way > down at the bottom!
in most recent clients, reading up or down is fairly trivial. you can just as easily scroll up or down to read whatever you need to read. in less modern clients (which significant numbers of people still use), it's easier to only have to scroll once and, given that many of these clients only display about 24 lines of text, most emails will require some scrolling, so it's easier to just scroll down and read like humans naturally read -- from top to bottom. it's good to keep in mind that most netiquette rules are geared towards the convenience of those who have the most restricted or limited choices -- netiquette is geared towards people who can't read RTF mail, stylized text, view HTML in-line, and might be limited to around 24 lines of text per screen..... because, while you may be able to do significantly better than that, many of them don't have a choice in the matter. For example even today, many American universities still only offer UNIX terminal access from off-campus -- students have to visit campus labs sometimes to get anything better, and in that case, they STILL don't have much if any say about the way the computers are set up and what programs they have access to. -- 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
