>>Part of what makes bottom-posting work better for me is the simple fact
that when doing the snip-answer-snip-answer thing, replying point by point,
bottom-posting is the way each section is treated, and there's really no
top-posting way to handle that.
I believe it's called "inline posting". And I like it the best, as it
groups answers and questions (or is it questions and answers ;). I'll agree
bottom posting is better if you have not been following along (ie
interrupted reading), but I'd make the case that top posting is easier and
faster when you are reading a group of threaded messages, like this list.
I guess we could try side posting...
Ken Elliott
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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Chad Perrin
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 9:45 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Novell/SuSE/Ximian Technical Resource Kit]
Ken Elliott wrote:
> Chad >>so as to avoid top-posting confusion, my response is at the bottom.
>
> Woops! Sorry, I forgot to insert the quote. I hate it when I do that...
>
> Confusion? Really?
>
> I do find it interesting that several folks on the list bottom post,
> while other top post. I remember the bad old days when I would get
> email with pages of old stuff at the top, requiring me to scroll
> through the entire document before I could read the latest response.
> Top posting was a pretty good idea. I much prefer top posted messages
> over bottom posts. Since there does not appear to be complete
> agreement among all parties as to a single method,
>
> I prefer top posting, as it is kind to my tired old fingers, and I can
> read a batch of messages much quicker. But to each his own...
>
I just try to make sure things flow in the order most logical to a
Western-style literate mind, and I make sure to prune stuff not relevant to
the current reply so that a simple discussion doesn't turn into
three-megabyte file downloads (slight exaggeration). Part of what makes
bottom-posting work better for me is the simple fact that when doing the
snip-answer-snip-answer thing, replying point by point, bottom-posting is
the way each section is treated, and there's really no top-posting way to
handle that.
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