Wayne Mery wrote: > Gervase Markham wrote: > >>> Whatever the reason, I agree that top-posting makes perfect sense for >>> ordinary email, where you're engaged in a one-to-one conversation and >>> don't need to re-read the entire thread to keep track, but might want >>> to refer to the previous messages for reference. This also >>> simplifies message management -- you can thereafter delete the >>> earlier posts and save or print a singe message with the entire >>> discussion. >> >> But what if you just want to print the conclusion? > > how about copy & paste? > > Perhaps we might all agree(?) a nice enhancment for moz would be a print > option or preview options that allows one to print only user-selected > portions of a message.
If you read the discussion in various items at bugzilla - you will see this question of top versus bottom posting has many ramifications, and is more complex than someone simply saying - I don't like bottom posting. In the end, it seems unreasonable to expect everyone to agree to liking one method or the other. Not to mention the fact that discussions on this and similar topics go on forever. But, ideally, if mail display and composition options are supplied in mail software, then everyone will benefit if everyone posts using just one wonderful worldwide method. It seems to me discussion and energy of bottom/top would be most productive if directed to the end of providing more and better display and composition options so that everyone wins. other enhancement ideas - option to format message so most recent response is at top, - display message as sent (hopefully bottom posted) such that quotes are supressed, or message starts displaying at the start of the most recent response related enhancement bug (and there are more at bugzilla) http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35930 -- Thanks Wayne _____________________________________________________________________________ Wayne S. Mery | Systems Programmer Lehigh University 610-758-3983 | http://www.lehigh.edu/~wsm0 Bethlehem, PA Save a Life - Sign an Organ Donor card http://www.transweb.org for more information
