> > > From: Ross Gardler [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 01:47 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Top posting is bad > > At the risk of starting a flame-war I am going to state that > top-posting is bad on publicly archived mailing lists. Can we please > stop doing it? >
> <snip> > > -- > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > Programme Leader (Open Development) > OpenDirective http://opendirective.com > > On 30 September 2011 13:18, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]>wrote: > The assumption behind this recommendation seems to be that all > mail clients are the same and the list is read the same by > everyone. I already *manually* truncate lines to match the > line-width of the sender. Hi Dennis, I'm on Gmail and it is quite easy to top post accidentally :-). Gmail hides a lot of the quoted text anyway unless you want to see it. On the other hand I think having a convention we all try to stick to is a good idea simply because it provides consistency and predictability. I'd hate to think that this was something that would get to such a point you would leave given the amount of hard graft you put in. It's not that important. Surely it isn't too difficult, though, to post sequentially. Took me all of 5 seconds to rearrange the order of your post in reply to Ross in this mail and chop out most of the text :-). Really this whole issue gets blown out of proportion, but I'd say if it's not a big imposition let's just go with the flow. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales.
