I'm an incurable bottom-poster; q.v. On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 04:20:11PM +0200, Mark wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Thursday June 9 2005 5:10 pm, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > > >>I completely agree. Whoever (the attribution is not clear to me) > >>wrote that crap about top posters vs bottom posters is an arrogant > >>idiot. Processing information in reverse order is much more > >>efficient > > > > > > Do you drive in reverse on the freeway, too? After all, doing it > > backwards is more efficient. > > Wait a minute, When you read a book. You start on page one and read > right to the back of the book (Or bottom of the book) when you > finish. Right? > > Same (should) go for emails, you start at the top with reading, and > end up at the bottom where youre email answer begins. > > Is that not the best way of making it easier for other people to > understand your email? > > Still, bottom posters may be fighting a lost battle. In all the > companies i've worked for so far, there has not been a single > company with a "bottom" post policy of any kind. > > These companies are usually the "exchange server" kind... > > Thanks, > Mark
Conflicting needs: * to have all the quotes and replies in textual order, so you can read it through in context (especially important for those reading an archive, or jumping into an ongoing conversation) * to see the reply first (for those who have just finished reading the previous message) It seems this is a problem resolvable by technology. Set the mail reader to start a message display at the bottom of the message. Does anyone know a mail reader that does this? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]