On Nov 4, 2011, at 9:44 AM, BeeRich wrote: > Hi Colin. I asked about this before in this list. There are no preferences > in this list, so that is where the list stands. > > As for top posting, that is an old school habit. Top posting is indeed > effective for many people. This message can be clear with historical > references down below. It isn't imperative as the text I am adding to this > thread, which you are reading now. So, it is secondary to my reply. It IS > included below, but it isn't necessary as this message is directed towards > yourself. You know what you put before, and it's in your head. If your > theory was correct, then every message would have to be quoted in every post. > If not, then your email application should have some way of organizing > individual messages in order for you to follow the long presentation. A > problem with quoting and inserting intermixed is that it gets ugly. A > problem with bottom posting is the need to scroll every message that comes > into view. > > My point is that people have different preferences, and the bottom posting > preference only belongs to some. Please don't expect everybody to follow > your preference. It is not carved in stone, and can be managed in the > preferences of most major email applications for that reason. ---- it seems pretty clear that the logical flow of top to bottom favors bottom posting for anything beyond a short reply that in essence terminates the discussion.
While I am reasonably neutral on the topic myself - the issue really becomes one for those who are taking the time to reply and on a topic that has several replies, the top postings tend to confuse who said what/when. You should keep in mind that those who reply - especially those who are knowledgeable such as Frederick and Colin, I would want to do anything that makes it easy for them to engage/stay engaged but hey, that's just me. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
