On Sunday, October 13, 2002, at 09:50 PM, Richard Kleim wrote: > I've never read a more complete refutation of something that was never > said. Who the heck said anything about stylized text? The subject was a > GUI interface, not stylized text, and since this is an imac list, maybe > you've heard of that? Nobody with any brains posts using stylized > text. It's the MOUSE man!!!!
stylized text has been discussed several times at different points of this thread and its offshoots. I bring up stylized text mostly because of the exact quote I had in my email... On Sunday, October 13, 2002, at 06:22 PM, Richard Kleim wrote: > [... snip ...] > Bottom posting is a relic of the text-email days, > and is useful primarily with small messages. if you object to my post about stylized text, I'm guessing the above is in reference to command-line email clients. today still IS a text-email day for many, many people. bottom posting is not really a 'relic' when you consider that text-based-email clients are a thing of the present, not of the distant (or even recent) past. Sure, YOU may have a fancy GUI based email client that makes top-posting easier for you. That doesn't mean you can assume everyone else does too. There's a reason why bottom-posting is the generally accepted norm -- it makes life easier for people who have no choice in what client they use. It makes life easier, not for the people involved in the conversation, but for the people who are coming in in the middle and may want to take part in the conversation now. -- 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
