In article <[email protected]>, Troll/Idiot <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13-Feb-10 08:52, Programmer In Training wrote:
> > Top-posting: really bad > > bottom-posting: still bad, but not as bad as top-posting and generally > > only horrible without proper snipping. > > Interleaved responses: ideal and best > > > Well, that's a valid opinion. But it is not about 'opinion' is it? It is about practicality. It is about having a functional mailing list that offers useable advice to people with problems. It might be possible for such a list to function with the flow running from bottom to top - i.e. using top posting - (although I really have to say that for someone coming late to a thread where several people have already contributed the procedure of scrolling to the bottom, scrolling up a bit to find the top of the last - i.e. first - post, scrolling down to read it, scrolling back up to find the top of the next contribution, scrolling down to read it, and repeating that up and down for each posting, is a real pain - it may work fine for a simple question plus answer - it does not work for a discussion), or with the flow running from top to bottom (much easier to follow, but that's my opinion, of course). What is NOT functional is a mix of top- and bottom- posting in the same thread. Such a thread quickly becomes unreadable and hence useless. Thus a mailing list needs to set a rule to ensure that everybody follows the same protocol. That is a matter of practical necessity. As has been pointed out already, the published rule for this list is interspersed posting (ie bottom posting, topic by topic in a post). You may not like that - it may be your 'opinion' that that is not the best way. But the list has to have consistency or it just becomes chaotic. You may, of course, feel that your preference, your 'opinion', overrules the need for a functional list. If that is the case, so-be-it - there is little anyone else can do about that. But perhaps you can see why there needs to be a rule? R. -- Richard Travers [email protected] Truro, Cornwall --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
