Bah. I might just start middle-posting backwards in protest. --Jason
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Jonathan Buckley <[email protected]>wrote: > seriously guys, i understand what jay is saying & trying to get at (& by > the way, jay, saturday morning when i pick you up, i'm going to smack you > for all of this), but if we are all participating in a conversation/ > email-thread, then we are, very likely, going to be pretty on top of what is > going on. therefore, unless you are wanting the entire world to follow the > discussion (i.e. a website/forum), top-posting is by far the most efficient. > so i suggest, for email conversations, we simply use top-posting. > > thoughts?!?! > > > -----Original Message----- > *From*: Rick Ucker > <[email protected]<rick%20ucker%20%[email protected]%3e> > > > *To*: Ubuntu Ohio LoCo Team > <[email protected]<ubuntu%20ohio%20loco%20team%20%[email protected]%3e> > > > *Subject*: Re: [Ubuntu-us-ohio] (no subject) > *Date*: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:12:53 -0400 > > I'm with Brian on this one. Scrolling/paging through the entire thread to > get to the new message each time is a pain. It makes sense to me to read the > reply first, referring to the previous messages below it if I need some > context. > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Brian Freytag <[email protected]> > wrote: > > At work, we get e-mails that are 10-15 e-mails deep. If I had to > scroll to the bottom every time just to see the reply, I'd stab myself > in the face with a soldering iron. > > If you can't remember what happened in your e-mail conversation, I'd > rather have to scroll down to figure that out than to just get the new > stuff. > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Jay Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Douglas Stanley > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just thought I'd share my thoughts, I really don't like "bottom" > >> posting. I hate scrolling through an > >> email trying to decipher where some one answered my questions... I > >> generally remember what > >> had been said, I just want to see the response right away, front and > center. > >> > >> So ban me if you will, but I'm a top poster :) > >> > >> Doug > >> President, Top Posters Anonymous > >> > > I don't really find myself scrolling all that often. Attached is a > > word document with more details. > > -- > > Jay Sullivan > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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