Andy McKenzie wrote:
> (DaveA wrote, but wasn't attributed)
>> Yeah, and top-posting with html mail is similarly taking the easy way
>> out. After all, who cares if everyone else has to put up with your bad
>> habits.
>>
>
> Well, since someone else brought it up... I really prefer top posting. In
> general, I don't WANT to reread every message:
You shouldn't have any messages to reread. If one quotes only what's
relevant, it gives context without extra noise. The whole notion of
top--posting only makes sense when it's a one-to-one email session,
where you need to keep the entire history of the exchange. It breaks
down as soon as there are multiple public replies in the same thread, or
when there are multiple points you want to respond to.
> What REALLY gets to me is the people who try to insist that their way is
> objectively RIGHT, and everyone else is practicing bad habits, or polluting
> the net, or some other nonsense like that. The fact is, we just have
> different work flow preferences. You like one thing, I like another. If
> you want to present your view rationally and objectively, or talk about
> your preferred layouts, that's fine. But let's not start saying someone
> has "bad habits" because they disagree with you.
> <div dir="ltr">leam hall wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div
> class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
> 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div
> class="im">
>
> <br>
> > The only question I have is what is compelling about being different
> than<br>
> > other lists? Far as I can tell, most reply to the list if you click
> reply.<br>
> ><br>
> > It's not something to get religious over; if I reply and don't
> have time to<br>
> > make sure it goes to those who might be interested, at least it will go
> to<br>
> > the person I'm responding to. They can forward it on if it's
> important<br>
> > enough. :)<br>
> ><br>
> <br>
<snip lots more of this>
I notice that you didn't pay any attention to the other bad habit. Why
should we all pay to download an html message as well as the text
message.
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DaveA
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