Peter Meyns wrote: > A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
I'm copying this over to TBOT to move discussion there. I'm curious about the logic of the above point from Peter's tag line (which I agree with) and applying the same logic to message list view. Do the anti-top-posting crusaders (or even those that strongly believe against top-posting) also view their message list with new messages at the bottom? Is it silly to even be making the connection? It would seem that if "logical flow of conversation" is a main argument for top-posting, a similar argument could be used for viewing a list of messages and threads. Or does the flow issue matter only *within* a message because of the *context* issue? That makes sense to me. Note that I'm not trying to bait anyone or start an argument. I'm genuinely curious about this. I have used both new messages at bottom and new messages at top for viewing messages. I have even used both at the same time, across different accounts - new at top for business mail, new at bottom for everything else. (I continue to top-post for business mail). To me, it usually makes more sense/logic to put new mail at bottom - especially using the logic of flow argument. But viewing new items at bottom often requires more work - and in some cases, it's downright impossible when trying to implement the concept across multiple applications. (why just do this for e-mail?) One thing that threw a wrench in the workings of my perception on this was the idea of a physical Inbox, and realizing that new messages at top more closely resembles a real-world Inbox. I don't know very many people that would put new items at the bottom of the stack in their physical Inbox. But maybe I just don't know the right kind of people... ;) Thoughts? Suggestions? Ridicule? -- Ken Green Using The Bat! v2.10.03 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
