Justin Meek wrote: >Hello all, > >Such is human nature. If things differ from the way we assume they should be >we tend to think everyone doing it differently is stupid. Your point is >valid; there is logic in replying at the bottom of the old email. Perhaps if >there was a universally accepted default that would help avoid confusion, >but that is not likely to happen. I like to have the newest reply at the top >so I don't have to go searching for it or scroll down. I just find it more >convenient and assumed (wrongly) that everyone else would feel the same way. >Anyway, sorry for the presumption, but as for me I like to toss around both >the very pressing and the not so pressing issues on this list. The freedom >to throw out any old thing remotely Mac related appeals to me. > > > Hi Justin
I believe it was Apple who came up with the concept of putting the computer user in charge of the computer, instead of the old MS-DOS system of having the computer do nothing until the user entered the correct keystrokes. In doing so, I think the phrase about the Mac being user-friendly rings true (at least more-so than the others). Software developed for the Mac gave the user choices as to what they wanted to do next, rather than follow a set regimen of commands. This philosophy became widely accepted and the internet started gaining acceptance by the independents. When browsers became big business, I think the developers were faced with a dilemma. What controls they should include. Some browsers incorporated a mail program and others developed separate mail programs. I guess they all followed the same basic floor plan, because no one program seems to be drastically different than the others. Anyway, since they still provide options on how to compose, send, and receive e-mail, I agree with you. Everyone should decide how they want to set up their own programs to work the way they want. One of my pet peeves was, someone taking the time to set up a web site, and have it laid out the way they want, and have it appear totally different than the designer intended with a few clicks of the mouse. Now you go to some web sites and you have to scroll side to side in order to read it because the layout don't adjust to the width of the window. Go figure! I guess there will always be something to bitch about. -- Tony LaFemina When you want to do more than just buy software http://hometown.aol.com/visitmacland/index.html mailto:remacs at optonline.net | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
