Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness WOT

2011-05-31 Thread Mike Mackintosh
Thanks :P Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2011, at 9:54, "Jay Blanchard" wrote: > [snip] >> I beg to differ - the sarcastic remarks have been here since day one. > > Yeah *SHSH* What was he thinking?! > > ;) > [/snip] > > I know huh? Whatevs. > > I added something to the subject so

RE: [PHP] iPhone sadness WOT

2011-05-31 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] > I beg to differ - the sarcastic remarks have been here since day one. Yeah *SHSH* What was he thinking?! ;) [/snip] I know huh? Whatevs. I added something to the subject so that those who don't want to read these can send them to /dev/null appropriately. -- PHP General Mailing

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-31 Thread Robert Cummings
On 11-05-31 07:15 AM, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] I can remember when it first started, no moaning about this or that, just pure PHP, and no sarcastic comments either, bring back the good old days :) [/snip] I beg to differ - the sarcastic remarks have been here since day one. Yeah *SHEEE

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-31 Thread Govinda
> Is there any way that we could simply ban these ridiculous top-posting vs > bottom-posting threads that seem to come along every few weeks? I frankly > don't care where a person writes a reply - I'm quite able to scan through an > email message to find the relevant points regardless. Maybe w

RE: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-31 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I can remember when it first started, no moaning about this or that, just pure PHP, and no sarcastic comments either, bring back the good old days :) [/snip] I beg to differ - the sarcastic remarks have been here since day one. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubsc

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Alexis
Here here Tim, I thought this was meant to be a PHP list. I can remember when it first started, no moaning about this or that, just pure PHP, and no sarcastic comments either, bring back the good old days :) Alexis On 30/05/11 17:04, Tim Thorburn wrote: Is there any way that we could simply

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Tim Thorburn
Is there any way that we could simply ban these ridiculous top-posting vs bottom-posting threads that seem to come along every few weeks? I frankly don't care where a person writes a reply - I'm quite able to scan through an email message to find the relevant points regardless. Maybe we could

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Geoff Shang
On Mon, 30 May 2011, Andre Polykanine wrote: most of you post your messages *after* the quotes. It's really not comfortable: I use screenreading software here and I need to scroll with my down arrow key before I see the actual message. I use screen reading software as well and prefer bott

Re: Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Micky Hulse
The WebDesign-L has been around since early 1997... For as long as I can remember, the policy (on all list-servs I post to) has been "no top posting" and "trim quotes". Here's WD-L's policy page: Lot's of great info there... Under the "Message Body" heading:

Re: Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Tim Streater
On 30 May 2011 at 19:07, jean-baptiste verrey wrote: > I like how people just like to complain about everything^^ > But as the debate is raging I had a look over internet and > http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html gave the best argument ever : > we read from *top* to *bottom *so top posting m

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread jean-baptiste verrey
I like how people just like to complain about everything^^ But as the debate is raging I had a look over internet and http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html gave the best argument ever : we read from *top* to *bottom *so top posting makes you read useless information^^ Don't worry, be PHaPpy! On

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Lester Caine
Ashley Sheridan wrote: And, BTW, this bottom posting has started just two or three years ago >when Thunderbird came in place. Erm, bottom posting has been the standard since day 1 until Microsoft came along and changed it with Outlook. Most people who use Windows tend not to change basic sett

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Larry Martell
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Andre Polykanine wrote: > And,  BTW, this bottom posting has started just two or three years ago > when Thunderbird came in place. You obviously have no clue what you are talking about. Since email began bottom posting was the standard. It wasn't until the sheeple

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Ken Kixmoeller
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > Erm,... Most people who use Windows tend not to change basic settings from > their defaults. Erm, most Winders users have no clue *how* to change them, nor that there might be some reason to do so. Ken -- PHP General Mailing List (htt

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Ashley Sheridan
>And, BTW, this bottom posting has started just two or three years ago >when Thunderbird came in place. Erm, bottom posting has been the standard since day 1 until Microsoft came along and changed it with Outlook. Most people who use Windows tend not to change basic settings from their defaults

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Andre Polykanine
Hello Lester, Actually, I get what you're saying. But it's true if you read a message like an Html page. then you have to press one or two keys and here you are. But for some reasons even now we are required to quote the messages at the bottom. Be saying "we" I mean those who work for com

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Lester Caine
Andre Polykanine wrote: Hello Lester, Sorry, I don't get what you mean by bottom posting but here is my complains: most of you post your messages*after* the quotes. It's really not comfortable: I use screenreading software here and I need to scroll with my down arrow key before I see

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Andre Polykanine
Hello Lester, Sorry, I don't get what you mean by bottom posting but here is my complains: most of you post your messages *after* the quotes. It's really not comfortable: I use screenreading software here and I need to scroll with my down arrow key before I see the actual message. --

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-30 Thread Ashley Sheridan
"Igor Konforti" wrote: >What? Replay to all? Its configurable! >However by default there is no spam signatures such as "send from my >iphone/k9" I didn't say the reply to all wasn't available, only that you are forced to top post (incidentally, were you forced to?) I don't see my K9 Sig part a

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-29 Thread Lester Caine
Paul M Foster wrote: > There IS no right way - but it IS polite to follow the rules even if > it is a little more difficult doing it from your chosen software. > Rather than apologising or simply ignoring the guide lines. I would imagine that interleaved replies or bottom posting will never b

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-29 Thread Paul M Foster
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 12:50:36PM +0100, Lester Caine wrote: [snip] > > There IS no right way - but it IS polite to follow the rules even if > it is a little more difficult doing it from your chosen software. > Rather than apologising or simply ignoring the guide lines. I would imagine that in

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-29 Thread Igor Konforti
What? Replay to all? Its configurable! However by default there is no spam signatures such as "send from my iphone/k9" On May 29, 2011 3:29 PM, "Ashley Sheridan" wrote: > "Lester Caine" wrote: > >>Geoff Shang wrote: >>> On 29 May 2011 01:36, TR Shaw wrote: > (sorry for the top posting)

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-29 Thread Ashley Sheridan
"Lester Caine" wrote: >Geoff Shang wrote: >> >>> On 29 May 2011 01:36, TR Shaw wrote: (sorry for the top posting) Sent from my iPad >>> >>> Are you telling me that you can't scroll down the page on an iPad? >>> >>> I refer back to my comment that the "Sent from my iPad/iPhone" is

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-29 Thread Lester Caine
Geoff Shang wrote: On 29 May 2011 01:36, TR Shaw wrote: (sorry for the top posting) Sent from my iPad Are you telling me that you can't scroll down the page on an iPad? I refer back to my comment that the "Sent from my iPad/iPhone" is inherently an apology. Ironicly, it's on by default.

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-29 Thread Geoff Shang
On Sun, 29 May 2011, Richard Quadling wrote: On 29 May 2011 01:36, TR Shaw wrote: (sorry for the top posting) Sent from my iPad Are you telling me that you can't scroll down the page on an iPad? I refer back to my comment that the "Sent from my iPad/iPhone" is inherently an apology. Iro

Re: [PHP] iPhone sadness

2011-05-29 Thread Simon J Welsh
On 29/05/2011, at 9:48 PM, Richard Quadling wrote: > On 29 May 2011 01:36, TR Shaw wrote: >> (sorry for the top posting) >> >> Sent from my iPad >> > > Are you telling me that you can't scroll down the page on an iPad? > > I refer back to my comment that the "Sent from my iPad/iPhone" is > in