On 4/7/2010 9:58 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
I personally find bottom posting painful to follow - here is my take:
Which is why long standing rules of netiquette say that you should reply
on a line by line basis.
if you aren't actively reading the thread or can't remember what is
going on in the thread, then bottom posting works well - because you
basically keep re-reading the entire thread in each post.
Unfortunately it's not the person reading the post that decides where
the new text gets put.
If you are actively following the thread and can remember what is
going on, then top posting is much faster, because you don't have to
wade through all the crap you can remember to get to the new part.
It is especially insidious when you are using a smaller vertical
screen.
But then the top posters don't trim the crap at the bottom of the post
and you get the typical AOL post of
Me Too!
followed by 537 lines of crap. Which is arguably better than having to
wade through 537 lines of crap to get to "Me Too!".
Personally, I don't like bottom posting because it becomes much more
work - especially as I use a laptop exclusively and many times using
the touchpad - so unnecessary scrolling is a bother. Quite often, I
won't even bother to scroll down unless I think it is really worth
it. For top posting - my reading is much, much easier.
Or you could do what civilized people do and just reply to each point in
context and trim the rest.
Oh, yeah - and film is king!!!!<tongue in cheek>
The king is dead. Long live the king.
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