On Tuesday 02 October 2007 09:20:14 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > It is a religious issue, meaning neither is better than the > other. It is personal preference yet people become very angry if > you do not do it their way. I recommend you leave it alone. I > will post to the top and the bottom to either make you both angry > or to pacify you both. > > Jean-David Beyer wrote: > > Donald H Locker wrote: > >> I disagree. Top posting means that people don't need to > >> re-read all the previous comments, only the current one. > > > > That is why, in responding, you delete everything to which you > > are not responding. This allows sufficient context so that the > > reader knows what you are talking about, but without tracing > > the entire conversation all the way back to Adam and Eve. > > It is a religious issue, meaning neither is better than the > other. It is personal preference yet people become very angry if > you do not do it their way. I recommend you leave it alone. I > will post to the top and the bottom to either make you both angry > or to pacify you both.
In an exchange between people in a private setting that is not publically archived for later reference it is OK to top post and ignore trimming. Because those people are usually reading the exchange soon enough to keep up with the conversation without the need to scroll down to see what was said. But it makes no sense to top post in a public list where people will come along later and try to read the thread to learn something and they have to jump a round because some lazy people top posted and did not trim off unnecessary parts of the conversation. It is absurd and lazy to post replies at the top of a list thread because it is akin to reading a book from the back to the front or a letter from the bottom to the top. No , I am not angry or a zealot or religious about this, it has to do with, is some one lazy and inconsiderate or not toward others who will come a long later to read the thread. -- http://24.197.142.167/ See the OpenOffice.org FAQ Microsoft users go to http://www.pclinuxos.com for a great user friendly Linux experience! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
