On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:37:21AM -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Barclay, Daniel <daniel@fgm.com> wrote: > > > Christofer C. Bell wrote: > > > > Mail 1: Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > Mail 2: A: Top-posting. > > > Mail 3: Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > > Mail 4: A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read > > > text. > > > > Wrong. Since when does even a threaded mail reader rearrange the content > > within a single message into a different order? > > > It doesn't, and you're splitting hairs. In a threaded mail reader, I've > just read the previous post, there is zero need to provide context. This is > what it looks like in a threaded mail reader when you're bottom posting: true, I read my mail in the morning (in oz so my morning is the us evening) and most of the threads have been created, so I read them in order and in-line/bottom posting is actually more of a hassle, because for the majority of time I read the whole thread in one go. > > What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > Top-posting. > > >> What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > Top-posting. > Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > >>> What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > >> Top-posting. > > Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. 'Click your heels 3 times and repeat after me there's no place like home' say it three times and its true! > [snip] I disagree with top posting being bad, but as a good netizen I comply with the way things are done on the list (rightly or wrongly) -- "I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun." - George W. Bush 10/18/2000 St. Louis, MO During the third presidential debate
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