On March 28, 2017 6:23:40 PM GMT+02:00, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On March 28, 2017 5:32:04 PM GMT+02:00, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> >wrote: >>> Mick wrote: >>>> On Tuesday 28 Mar 2017 09:05:04 Dale wrote: >>>>> Danny YUE wrote: >>>>>> Just curious: why is top-posting forbidden here? >>>>>> I have never found any reference for that. >>>>>> >>>>>> I would appreciate it if you could tell me something about that. >>>>>> >>>>>> Danny >>>>> Here is one but there are tons of others. >>>>> >>>>> >>> >https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/mailing-list-faq/etiquette.html#idp5 >>>>> 5147880 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Also, on this list, html is frowned upon as well. Plain text is >>>>> requested, although some devices may not have the option. >>>>> >>>>> Dale >>>>> >>>>> :-) :-) >>>> I thought the original joke went like this: >>>> >>>> A. Top posters >>>> Q. What's the most annoying thing on Usenet? >>>> >>>> A: Because it upsets the logical flow of the thread. >>>> Q: Why is top posting a bad idea? >>>> >>>> >>>> Anyway, Gentoo users often ask multifaceted questions which require >>> more than >>>> a single answer. With top posting we would need to send many >>> response emails >>>> to respond with clarity to all points the OP may have raised. With >>> inline >>>> responses we can interlace the answers in the OP's message and the >>> logical >>>> flow of the conversation is retained within a single response >email. >>>> >>> I have actually seen that in people's sig before. I can't recall >who >>> it >>> was and haven't seen it in a while. >>> >>> I bottom post if it is somewhat a single subject or inline post if >it >>> has more than one topic. As you say, it makes it easier to know >what >>> one is talking about. I use what I feel will work best. Top >posting >>> tho, as your example/joke points out, makes it hard to figure out >what >>> is going on, even if one is following the thread. Of course, I also >>> realize that some devices make that hard or impossible. Most who >use >>> those devices say they are. >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) :-) >> I use multiple devices. All modern phones have apps that allow bottom >posting as default. >> Inline is more difficult, which is why I leave those replies for when >I have a real PC. >> >> -- >> Joost > >So those "smart" devices are finally catching up. Good for them to >finally catch up to the world huh? ROFL > >Dale > >:-) :-)
I use k9 mail, which has the option to bottom post by default. Inline is difficult with touch screen. But not impossible. But I have yet to find a real smart device. The ones that are sold as such are quite stupid. A 3 year old is smarter. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
