Hi,
New topic (well, not new, but..) top posting.
We have discussed the merits of top posting before on this list, and we
agreed that the correct
thing was succinctness in the reply - and top/bottom/middle posting
became irrelevant.
Admittedly, my previous email was not succinct - I could should have
chopped the bottom of as
this makes it easier for those with cell phones/limited data who are
reading the email messages.
Recently, I have become good mates with a blind person, who uses screen
readers. His text to speech
reader runs around 150-200 words a minute. The reader starts at the
beginning of the email document
and reads through. It does not have have the brains to work out which is
new/old/whatever - so he has to
read the whole thing.
A quick discussion with him says that this problem is common to all
such tools - you have to read the whole
thing. Middle and bottom posting is the worst - he has to read everything.
As an aid for the visually impaired, succinct comments at the top
As an aid for the those who want short emails and low bandwidth, delete
the rest.
The realization as I write this letter:: the linux push for inline
comments + random deletes has made it hard
for the blind community to participate in mailing lists.
Further, the push for no more top posting has been pointless - it still
happens. Get over it and fight other
more important battles.
Cheers,
Derek.
On 26/07/16 20:51, Miles Rout wrote:
Offtopic: when the hell did people start topposting around here?
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 9:43 AM Derek Smithies
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi,
having watched a number of students at the university struggle with
--
Sent from my Ubuntu computer
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