On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 15:54 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > Errr, just because it leaves the cursor at the top doesn't mean > it forces you to type there. The idea is to read your way > though first, which would ordinarily involve moving the cursor > to scroll the screen. Then think carefully, then answer, > deleting the parts that won't be interesting when someone else > reads it again. > I assume that you posted a reply before reading the rest of the thread. The issue has been resolved; as it requested by the charter of this mailing list not to top-post, I will accept this guideline, even if I don't agree with it. > In business conversations, top posting seems to be the norm > because you generally have a quick turnaround and remember > what was said but leave it as an audit trail just in case. > On mailing lists you should expect every post to be seen > out of context by many people and it is very awkward > to (a) read backwards to follow the conversation, and (b) > figure out what part of a reply goes with what part of > the previous message. Down the thread you'll find the reason why I find bottom post to be useless. Never-the-less, as I said, as I don't piss in someone's home, I will do my best not to top-post in FC mailing list. (And will continue doing it, in other mailing list, where this is no strict rules against it....) > > I don't get how moving the cursor to an appropriate > position before typing can be that much of a pain. > Don't you have a mouse or arrow keys for that? Again, I'd suggest you read down the thread. The problem is not having to scroll down just to type something, the problem is that I have to read 900,000 lines of useless junk just to find the a single line answer. > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > > Now-bottom-posting-Gilboa
