On 5 November 2011 22:47, BeeRich <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Many people don't like this format of interspersing. They find it highly >>> confusing. >> >> Many people find computer programming highly confusing... I'm not >> going to stop encouraging them to get better at it… > > Which is along the same lines as not expecting people to have people format > emails the way you want them.
I don't understand what you're saying here. > See, it isn't about you. It's not ignorance because you say so. >> Given the choice of loads of confusion, or little; I'll choose the lesser. > > For your expectations, sure. I don't mind it. THAT is my point. I'm talking about the confusion upon *all* readers totalled together - not just the confusion of an individual reader. When lots of people read and reply with top or bottom posted email, there's lots of confusion. When another lot read and reply with interleaving, there's generally less confusion. >>> Why do you think email applications have things like thread organization? >> >> As an attempt by developers to make up for poorly composed emails? > > So now it's a developers issue, and other people who simply do not know how > to use email? I'm suggesting that the developers add the functionality of thread organisation to attempt to compensate for the situation that has resulted from people not being able to compose messages nicely. I'm not implying that it's the developers' *fault* there's top-posting (unless they're the developers of Outlook ;-) > I'm saying don't bitch when people do things their way... I'm continuing to > repeat myself here, and you still don't get it. And you don't seem to have "got it" either. No-one has "bitched". It was suggested to a poster not to top-post, because the people (or at least a large portion of them) that are attempting to help would find it easier to help if their messages were composed differently. So in this event, if the poster continues to abide by their "preference", they're being deliberately ignorant of the simple requests of the people that are most likely to help them. A little courtesy goes a long way. > Would you like a different font? Want me to explain it yet again? Now, now. It's all been very civil so far. If you want to veer toward snide, I'll abstain. > What would be ultimately respectful to people is if they read the posts > instead of expecting others to format properly. So you agree... they're not formatting "properly" ATM? ;-) -- 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.
