YES! I give at least a 100% agreement with your entire statement. Glad to hear I'm not the only one with these viewpoints! The whole thing is silly. (:
Levi (: On 6/23/06, Nicholas Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've been using Linux for over seven years and, until this list, I've never heard anyone complaining about top-posting vs bottom-posting. I think it's silly to think one way is right -- regardless of your preference of client. The purpose of having a 'subject' line is to inform the reader of the e-mail what the subject of the e-mail is about, so some people are capable of remembering the last things written, and could therefore get right to the point and read the new information, while other people less capable of remembering the last things written have to scroll down to remember what is written. Then they complain that this is an inconvenience. If the person had bottom-posted, then everyone would have to scroll down equally. So, basically, in my opinion I don't think there is one 'right' way, and I'm not sure there's an overwhelming support of bottom-posting by geeks -- I mean, seven years is a bit of time to not notice this issue, and I've been on a lot of lists. I personally prefer to read/write top posts, why would I want to scroll down to read information I've already read? Bottom/middle posting is only useful when you have to comment on several different subjects in the same e-mail. ps: The best way to take down the internet is to start a flamewar.
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