On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at 6:52:51 AM, Anthony Williams wrote:
>> I find that I really do two kinds of posting here (perhaps that's why there
>> are so many). One is an attempt at a pithy essay sort of thing, much as I
>> noted Kent has been doing. The other is more a conversational kind of
>> reply: you say this, I reply that, you say this, I reply that.
> I noticed that you had started top posting, and wondered whether you'd changed
> mailer. It seems that you have been top-posting all replies, and not just
> "pithy essays", though some of your detailed replies also have inline
> comments, and my recollection may be wrong. Is this part of your "experiment"?
I think the record will show that I quickly went back to doing some in the
format
Ron's posting
Ron's sig
---
quotes
and some in the format
(quotes
interleaved Ron's posting)+
Ron's sig
I changed my default template to the top posting form for a while, and now
I have changed it back. I did fiddle around a bit, and I'm still not sure
what's best.
I agree that top posting loses context, and share your wondering about
whether essays might include no quotes at all. Perhaps a summary of the
question instead.
Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
There is no art without intention. -- Duke Ellington
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