Twayne wrote:
In news:[email protected],
Keith N. McKenna <[email protected]> typed:
Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2010-02-12 5:12 AM, Linda L. Hull wrote:
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From: "Keith R Bainbridge" <[email protected]>
Most people who prefer top-posting do so because they are too lazy to
spend a few extra seconds to properly format their replies.
I could also say that most people who bottom post mindlessly do not
snip either.
Many people don't trim their messages. I often forget myself because I
don't trim until I've completed my response in order to not trim away
something I might respond about but erroeously trimmed earlier.
... All they do is set to start at bottom and type away
thereby forceing people to scroll through sometime pages of stuff
I guess I object to the "mindless" comment which is totally uncalled for
and of no use to the thread.
And No, all it takes is a CTRL-END to jump to the bottom with the
cursor. Often there is no need to even think about scrolling with the
mouse. Other times I'll not trim so that I can't be accused of having
trimmed out something a responder might think is a lot more relevant
than I did. I also won't trim a particularly good post if it contains an
especially useful passage about how to do something; it prevents people
from having to recall already read and no longer visible messages to get
at the original posting of the information. So I leave that part in tact
and trim around it.
But the majority of the time trimming is best whenever the length of
the post exceeds more than one or two screens in length.
Personally I often don't care if the post was trimmed or not. It's only
two keys to get to the top or bottom, and PageUp PageDown are useful too
sometimes. If the entire post has been left in tact; no problem either.
And no need to scroll thru it. Unless I wish to.
If, however, a post has never been trimmed and there are responses
from multiple people there as denoted by the >, >>, >>>, >>>>, (and also
colors on my screen) and so on, as I scroll along in those cases, I
might provide responses to several of those people. It's obvious from
the indents who is being responded to, so it is one opportunity to
comment on several stages of the discussion as it developed.
Much ado about nothing here, really. I say if the posting etiquette is
that important to a person, they should go look for a complaint group
with requiremetns that fit their own needs. It's the complainer needs
to change, not the already established groups and guidelines.
HTH,
Twayne
Twayne
Than we are even as I do not care for being sweepingly
characterized as to lazy to properly format my replies. That also is
totally uncalled for and has no use to the thread. I suspect we have
both seen more than our share of extreme devotion to a cause that it has
somewhat jaundiced our reactions and use of language.
As I stated in my original post what one should do is review the
guidelines for the particular group and adapt your style to conform. If
you are not willing to do that then you really shouldn't be posting in
that group at all.
My personal preference is not yours and that is going to remain so.
In reality it matters not one wit. What both should and I believe both
of us has tried to do is comply to the best of our abilities to the
quidelines for this group and to argue intelligently and without
purposeful rancour.
Keith N. McKenna (not the op)
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