On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 11:50:53 AM -0500, Donald H Locker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW PEOPLE POST ANSWERS AS LONG AS THEY POST
> USEFUL ANSWERS.
speaking of netiquette, all upper case is wrong too, as it looks like
shouting and it is demonstrated by several research to be harder to
read:
* http://www.stcsig.org/usability/topics/readability.html:
* http://www.pacific.edu/web/style-guide/use-simple-style.asp
* http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/usability/textfontcss.html
* http://www.tomontheweb2.ca/CMX/4D5E2/
* http://hubel.sfasu.edu/courseinfo/SL03/email_study.htm
In short, another way to make life harder for those you want to
read your messages.
This said,
> Good grief. I top post. I prefer to top read.
no problem. Really. Just don't be surprised if this doesn't maximize
the number of people who answer your question. But please remember to
never repost whole messages just to add a few lines (as a general
practice, this is not about this specific message). Unlike top vs
bottom, this practice also has a very concrete negative effect on all
the subscribers on a slow or metered connection. Not wasting one
second to trim as much as possible means forcing all the receivers to
download (and pay more) something they already paid and had in their
mailboxes.
Marco
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Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how
software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84
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