On 2005-11-04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Alex Martelli wrote:
>> It would still be easier to respond to your posts if you didn't
>> top-post, though (i.e., if you didn't put your comments BEFORE what
>> you're commenting on -- that puts the "conversation" in a weirdly
>> distorted order, unless one give up on quoting what you're commenting
>> on, or invests a lot of time and energy in editing...;-).
>>
> oops. I developed this habit because I found I like to read it this
> way. As I usually would read just the first few lines to see if I
> want to read on. top post serve me well for this purpose. And I
> assume other may also find my stuff not worth reading and skip quick
> so why force them to scroll all the way down?
If I want to read that way, I just tell my newsreader not to
display the quoted material (actually it displays the first line of
each block).
Or I press TAB to jump to the next original material.
> I would only do in-line response type when there is a need for
> specific response in context.
If there's not, why would you quote anything?
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