On Tuesday 13 August 2002 00:03, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > I know many people hate top-posts, but when you get 1400+ emails every day > and answer 50+, it sure does speed things up.
It probably depends. > Having the relevant text > right up front means I don't have to scroll down to find it. Having the relevant text AND the context up front is even more useful. > If I don't > understand the reply and need more context, that's when I scroll down to > see what the reply was all about. IMHO that wastes even more time. > If all I see on my screen when I scan a > message is a bunch of >'s I tend to just skip them. I contend that if people trim, quote and reply properly then in most cases all the info and context will be available in the first "screenful" of the message. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php