On 02/25/2012 06:30 AM, Caesar wrote:
If a poster insists that he be able to post in a manner that I find
confusing and offensive,
I can't even type it
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Marc Grober writes:
> Frankly listservs make very poor knowledge bases for the obvious
> reasons, hence the efforts by some in other communities to distill the
> problem/resolution couplet into dynamic online docs where a user will
> find current comprehensive succinct and useful information.
Su
tions and all the rest. So, i think it is all good.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> --- On Sat, 25/2/12, Caesar wrote:
>
> From: Caesar
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Saturday, 25 February, 2012, 11:3
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:04:40 +0100, Stefan Weigel
wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re:
Top posting:
>Hi,
>
>Am 25.02.2012 12:30, schrieb Caesar:
>
>> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:24:58 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
>
>> wrote
>
>>> What I meant was &quo
have considered significant.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 25/2/12, Stefan Weigel wrote:
From: Stefan Weigel
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Saturday, 25 February, 2012, 12:04
Hi,
Am 25.02.2012 12:30, schrieb Caesar:
> On Fri, 24
:
From: Caesar
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Saturday, 25 February, 2012, 11:30
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:24:58 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top
posting:
>On 02/23/2012 04:18 AM, Caesar wrote:
>> O
Hi,
Am 25.02.2012 12:30, schrieb Caesar:
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:24:58 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
> wrote
>> What I meant was "it feels mean to say that someone values a person's
>> contributions so little that they have an automatic deletion filter on
>> all of their contributions".
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:24:58 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top
posting:
>On 02/23/2012 04:18 AM, Caesar wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:38:59 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
>> wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top
>> posting:
>&
On 02/23/2012 04:18 AM, Caesar wrote:
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:38:59 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top
posting:
On 02/22/2012 03:10 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote:
On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaas wrote:
I avoid the aggravation by having posts from
Jean-Louis Oneto
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 22:23
I fully agree with Tom and this list sounds more and more like a
dictatorship-governed one: do it my way of f*ck off. I will probably f*ck off
very soon, L
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 23/2/12, Tanstaafl wrote:
From: Tanstaafl
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 18:50
On 2012-02-23 10:17 AM, Marc Grober wrote:
It would appear that true professionals should, as I thin
ies [mailto:tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Thu 2/23/2012 1:11 PM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
Hi :)
With that trimming you will never know the answer to the question because it is
out of context and forces anyone trying to answer to dig u
On 2012-02-23 12:57 PM Tom Davies wrote:
It's not worth flogging a dead horse. He will not attempt to consider anyone
else's point of view and if you dare to disagree he will just block you too.
Hmmm, it might be wrth aiming for that now i think about it.
Trying to get you to follow common
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 23/2/12, Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
From: Werner F. Bruhin
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 18:55
On 23/02/2012 17:39, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> +1
+1 to what?
--
Hi,
Am 23.02.2012 19:55, schrieb Werner F. Bruhin:
> Lists like this are a great archive and should be promoted as such,
> but I seriously think they loose a lot of interest with all this top
> posting which makes it difficult to find if the problem is the same
> as the one, one tries to find a s
ng). How about "Diversity breeds serendipity!" as a
sort of 'war'-cry?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 23/2/12, Tanstaafl wrote:
From: Tanstaafl
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 18:50
On 2012
On 23/02/2012 17:39, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
+1
+1 to what?
It can not be the post which was below which I read as being a bit
sarcastic, as Tom seems to ignore the guide lines.
Tom does a lot of posts and I suggest that he considers my points below
instead of just looking at providing a qu
On 2012-02-23 10:17 AM, Marc Grober wrote:
It would appear that true professionals should, as I think Tom has
suggested, consider the actual guidelines
that is precisely the point... the list guidelines for this list are to
bottom post with appropriate trimming (aka inline-posting), and Tom
ubject: RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 16:56
Tom,
As a fellow "users" list taking content in my email stream, I have no issue
with your chosen style of participation and with rare exception find your
comments german
the forum.
Warm regards,
Stuart
From: Tom Davies [mailto:tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Thu 2/23/2012 10:39 AM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
Hi :)
+1
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 23/2/12, Marc Grober
Hi :)
+1
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 23/2/12, Marc Grober wrote:
From: Marc Grober
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: "users@global.libreoffice.org"
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 15:17
It would appear that true professionals should, as I think Tom has
It would appear that true professionals should, as I think Tom has suggested,
consider the actual guidelines as opposed to pontificating upon them as if they
were running a gulag
Hail and farewell
On Feb 23, 2012, at 4:35 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2012-02-22 8:53 PM, Marc Grober wrote
On Thu, 23/2/12, Tanstaafl wrote:
From: Tanstaafl
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 13:35
On 2012-02-22 8:53 PM, Marc Grober wrote:
> So what is the polite way to tell someone that one is going to
> continue
On 2012-02-22 8:53 PM, Marc Grober wrote:
So what is the polite way to tell someone that one is going to
continue top posting as one may feel appropriate as one may have done
as an IT professional for the past 40 years and that if that upsets
them they should seek professional assistance?
A tr
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:38:59 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top
posting:
>
>On 02/22/2012 03:10 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote:
>> On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaas wrote:
>>
>> I avoid the aggravation by having posts from
On 02/22/2012 03:10 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote:
On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaas wrote:
I avoid the aggravation by having posts from Tom Davies automatically
deleted.
Now that is cold...
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So what is the polite way to tell someone that one is going to continue top
posting as one may feel appropriate as one may have done as an IT professional
for the past 40 years and that if that upsets them they should seek
professional assistance?
On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:28 PM, e-letter wrote:
On 22/02/2012, T. R. Valentine wrote:
> On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaas wrote:
>
>> Your persistent top posting in reply to an inline posted thread shows a
>> constant disregard for convention. Your failure to correct your lack of
>> quote levels for the message replied to is reprehensibl
On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaas wrote:
> Your persistent top posting in reply to an inline posted thread shows a
> constant disregard for convention. Your failure to correct your lack of
> quote levels for the message replied to is reprehensible. You show utter
> disregard for common neti
On 2012-02-22 1:19 PM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Most people and especially those that are new to the lists will
top-post because that is what they are most familiar with. Office
workers have almost never seen any alternative. Unless the office apps
are not aimed at office users then it's ridicu
On 2011-09-10 1:36 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
QuoteCollapse collapses all but the last post in the thread. Works great
on lists where people do not trim the messages they are replying to.
I agree, been using it for many years...
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On 2011-09-10 1:01 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
No wait, that is in account settings. probably a better place for it
than in the global preferences.
No, because certain accounts you may want to treat differently.
Off hand, i would say that it should be configurable at the folder
level.
On 9/11/11 1:48 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
If you want bottom posting, and only bottom posting, then LO should make
that as a clear decision and then that should be communicated when you
sign up, and, it should be posted on a FAQ. Then, when some uninformed
person top posts, a nicely word
On 09/10/2011 09:59 AM, Twayne wrote:
In
news:1910892523-1315498044-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1807574881-@b2.c1.bise7.blackberry,
Onyeibo Oku typed:
Sorry, this is another top-post. I agree totally but you
need to give people benefit of doubt too (like in my case
... I'm mobile
On 2011-09-09, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 05:43:28PM +0100, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
>> On 2011-09-09, Dave Douglas wrote:
>>
>> > How Does one get off this list? I have done everything suggested and
>> > still my email box is filled with discussions I have no interest in.
>> >
I do appreciate your calling me lazy sir. Thanks
-
from twohot@device.mobile :)
-Original Message-
From: "Twayne"
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:59:48
To:
Reply-To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Post
In
news:1910892523-1315498044-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1807574881-@b2.c1.bise7.blackberry,
Onyeibo Oku typed:
> Sorry, this is another top-post. I agree totally but you
> need to give people benefit of doubt too (like in my case
> ... I'm mobile and the mail app on this phone is
>
On 2011-09-09 7:12 PM Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 5:33 PM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
I guess some programs will have an option to "collapse" quoted text. I
suggest searching in addons.mozilla.org for a thunderbird extension that
does that (I thought QuoteColors did it, but apparently it doesn't).
On 09/09/2011 06:09 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
Thunderbird will start your reply at the bottom. And I've seen others
with this option also. But I've never seen any email program that
will go simply to the new content. I'm not sure it would even be
possible, as a lot of where the new content
On 9/9/11 5:33 PM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 2:40 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
On 09/08/2011 10:42 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
On 09/08/2011 04:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
This list should allow people to use what they are familiar with
rathe
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
> On 9/9/11 2:40 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
>> On 09/08/2011 10:42 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
>>> On 09/08/2011 04:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
This list should allow people to use what they are familiar with
rather than try
to alienate
On 9/9/11 2:40 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
On 09/08/2011 10:42 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
On 09/08/2011 04:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
This list should allow people to use what they are familiar with
rather than try
to alienate new users surely?
I dont agree with you.
There are
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 05:43:28PM +0100, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
> On 2011-09-09, Dave Douglas wrote:
>
> > How Does one get off this list? I have done everything suggested and
> > still my email box is filled with discussions I have no interest in.
> > I asked one question got no help. PLEASE ta
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 09:25:18AM -0700, Dave Douglas wrote:
> How Does one get off this list? I have done everything suggested
> and still my email box is filled with discussions I have no interest
> in. I asked one question got no help. PLEASE take me off the list!
1. Did you reply to the c
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 07:58:52PM +0100, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> I use a standard email client in a standard way set on it's defaults. There
> are likely to be more people using such systems as LibreOffice becomes more
> popular. Hold onto your hats!
Is someone holding a gun to your head
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 01:37:51PM -0600, Larry Gusaas wrote:
> On 2011-09-08 1:12 PM Tom Davies wrote:
> >Hi :)
> >Look, the interspersed answers from Larry are practically unidentifiable
> >from the message. By posting at the top (or bottom) it would have been
> >clearer which were your answe
e "@" is replaced by "=".
"
Hopefully that helpsGood luck and regards fromTom :)
--- On Fri, 9/9/11, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
From: Nuno J. Silva
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing
List Guidelines Page?
To: users@global.libreo
On 9/9/11 10:01 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 9:19 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
I guess some people who don't know the rules and aren't used to mailing
lists (which includes looking for guidelines before posting) are people
who would rather subscribe through
Dave Douglas wrote (09-09-11 18:25)
How Does one get off this list? I have done everything suggested and
still my email box is filled with discussions I have no interest in. I
asked one question got no help. PLEASE take me off the list!
The same way as you subscribed, only the effect is in the
On 2011-09-09, Dave Douglas wrote:
> How Does one get off this list? I have done everything suggested and
> still my email box is filled with discussions I have no interest in.
> I asked one question got no help. PLEASE take me off the list!
To get off this list, you have to *unsubscribe*. Ins
From: Nuno J. Silva
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Friday, September 9, 2011 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing
List Guidelines Page?
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
> On 9/9/11 9:19 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
>> I guess so
:01 AM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO
MailingList Guidelines Page?
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 9:19 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
I guess some people who don't know the rules and aren't used to mai
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
> On 9/9/11 9:19 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
>> I guess some people who don't know the rules and aren't used to mailing
>> lists (which includes looking for guidelines before posting) are people
>> who would rather subscribe through a web interface.
>>
>> An idea wou
On 9/9/11 9:19 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 6:21 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
Well, anyway, when someone fails to read the .sig, or follow some other
rule, other people just point them what they missed, and everyone moves
on. It's not a big deal.
When it
On 9/9/11 1:54 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
On 09/08/2011 11:37 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
The fact is that it is widely used especially by office workers.
MSOffice is widely used, dont use LibreOffice then.
Uhm, Tom Davies wrote that. :-)
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Firefox 6.0.2
Thun
On 9/9/11 12:21 AM, Dave Sergeant wrote:
On 8 Sep 2011 at 14:31, Ken Springer wrote:
With all due respect Tom, the problem is you and the tools you've chosen
to use for replying to newsgroups. Yahoo Mail just plain sucks and
doesn't properly do anything right for places like this.
I think t
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
> On 9/9/11 6:21 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
>> Well, anyway, when someone fails to read the .sig, or follow some other
>> rule, other people just point them what they missed, and everyone moves
>> on. It's not a big deal.
>
> When it happens occasionally or less, y
On 9/9/11 2:40 AM, e-letter wrote:
Anyway, reading the press about the demise of yet
another md of yahoo,
md= ?
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On 9/9/11 7:04 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
On 09/08/2011 10:50 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
The headers state that you are using "YahooMailClassic/14.0.5
YahooMailWebService/0.8.113.315625"
That is not an email client.
It is, sorry. It's a web based MUA.
That is an online web mail service
On 9/9/11 6:21 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
Well, anyway, when someone fails to read the .sig, or follow some other
rule, other people just point them what they missed, and everyone moves
on. It's not a big deal.
When it happens occasionally or less, you're right. But, if too many
people don't fo
On 09/08/2011 09:58 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
I use a standard email client
Do you even know what's a "standard"?
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Posting guidelines
On 09/08/2011 10:50 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
The headers state that you are using "YahooMailClassic/14.0.5
YahooMailWebService/0.8.113.315625"
That is not an email client.
It is, sorry. It's a web based MUA.
That is an online web mail service (and a
very poor one. Gmail works much better).
B
On 09/09/2011 02:52 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
Another thing. Does anyone actually read those links at the bottom?
I only look at them if and when I have a desire to learn something about
how the list works - like, maybe, how to unsubscribe.
And let's notice it's a bit longer than de 4 lines of the
On 2011-09-09, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2011-09-08 8:04 PM, Don C. Myers wrote:
>> Another thing. Does anyone actually read those links at the bottom?
>
> I only look at them if and when I have a desire to learn something
> about how the list works - like, maybe, how to unsubscribe.
Irony is how ap
On 2011-09-08 8:04 PM, Don C. Myers wrote:
Another thing. Does anyone actually read those links at the bottom?
I only look at them if and when I have a desire to learn something about
how the list works - like, maybe, how to unsubscribe.
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On 09/09/2011, Dave Sergeant wrote:
> On 8 Sep 2011 at 14:31, Ken Springer wrote:
>
>> With all due respect Tom, the problem is you and the tools you've chosen
>> to use for replying to newsgroups. Yahoo Mail just plain sucks and
>> doesn't properly do anything right for places like this.
>>
Agr
On 09/08/2011 11:37 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
The fact is that it is widely used especially by office workers.
MSOffice is widely used, dont use LibreOffice then.
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On 2011-09-09 12:21 AM Dave Sergeant wrote:
I think that single paragraph explains why this thread has become so
heated. YOU are reading this list on a NEWSGROUP. But the list is also
available as a EMAIL LIST and an archive of that same EMAIL LIST on
Nabble. I would hazard a guess that the vast
On 8 Sep 2011 at 14:31, Ken Springer wrote:
> With all due respect Tom, the problem is you and the tools you've chosen
> to use for replying to newsgroups. Yahoo Mail just plain sucks and
> doesn't properly do anything right for places like this.
>
I think that single paragraph explains why thi
On 9/8/11 6:04 PM, Don C. Myers wrote:
Hi All,
On 09/08/2011 04:23 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
*My Big Concern* here is how are we being perceived by those who come
here for help by the amount of time that has been spent on this thread
today. I was one of the first responders last night. Never did
Hi All,
On 09/08/2011 04:23 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
*My Big Concern* here is how are we being perceived by those who come
here for help by the amount of time that has been spent on this thread
today. I was one of the first responders last night. Never did I dream
when I went to bed last night my
On 08/09/2011, Tom Davies wrote:
...
> Besides it doesn't matter how strong the argument against top-posting might
> be. The fact is that it is widely used especially by office workers. Do we
> want to stop office workers from using LibreOffice? Alienating them would
> be a good way to get them
On 08/09/2011, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Interspersing or bottom-posting ensures that every message needs to be
> scrolled through unless people delete all the stuff that is irrelevant (in
> their opinion, which 'might not' be the same as the opinion of the person
> reading). Top posting means
On 9/8/11 12:10 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Besides it doesn't matter how strong the argument against top-posting might be.
> The fact is that it is widely used especially by office workers.
So, if painting graffiti all over walls and buildings was widely done,
you'd be OK with them painting graff
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 06:14:41PM +0100, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Interspersing or bottom-posting ensures that every message needs to be
> scrolled through unless people delete all the stuff that is irrelevant (in
> their opinion, which 'might not' be the same as the opinion of the person
>
On 9/8/11 1:12 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi:)
Look, the interspersed answers from Larry are practically unidentifiable from
the message.
> By posting at the top (or bottom) it would have been clearer which
were your answers.
Sometimes interspersing becomes possible if i notice the other persons r
On 9/8/11 1:09 PM, Don C. Myers wrote:
Some of you have convinced me to use top posting, since it is better.
Some of you have convinced me to use bottom posting, since it is better.
Some of you have convinced me to do snipping, since it is better.
Obviously there isn't a black and white solution
On 2011-09-08 12:58 PM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi:)
I use a standard email client in a standard way set on it's defaults. There
are likely to be more people using such systems as LibreOffice becomes more
popular. Hold onto your hats!
The headers state that you are using "YahooMailClassic/14.0.5
On 2011-09-08 1:12 PM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Look, the interspersed answers from Larry are practically unidentifiable from
the message. By posting at the top (or bottom) it would have been clearer
which were your answers.
Every line of the post I am replying to has a > in front of it if usin
Hi :)
+1
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 8/9/11, Don C. Myers wrote:
From: Don C. Myers
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing
List Guidelines Page?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 8 September, 2011, 20:09
Hi to all,
Some of you have
arry Gusaas
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List
Guidelines Page?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 8 September, 2011, 19:38
On 2011-09-08 12:10 PM Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> No, he didn't. He just showed that he has not read
ficult
for normal office workers? Is LibreOffice not meant to be used in offices by
office workers?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 8/9/11, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
From: Nuno J. Silva
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing
List Guidelines Page?
To: users@gl
On 2011-09-08, Tom Davies wrote:
> On 2011-09-08, Tom Davies wrote:
>> Besides it doesn't matter how strong the argument against top-posting
>> might be. The fact is that it is widely used especially by office
>> workers.
>
> I use a standard email client in a standard way set on it's defaults.
On 2011-09-08 2:58 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Why are people in here so determined to make things unpleasant and
difficult for normal office workers?
Why should 'normal office workers' be exempt from general rules of
common courtesy?
Sorry, Tom, you're a lazy ass, and a liar to boot (demonstrate
On 2011-09-08 2:10 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
No, he didn't. He just showed that he has not read any of the posts
yet as his arguments are already countered in previous posts.
Coming from you - someone who pretends that top posting advocates
advocate blindly top-posting, when the reality is very
rkers? Is LibreOffice not meant to be used in offices by
office workers?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 8/9/11, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
From: Nuno J. Silva
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing
List Guidelines Page?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
On 2011-09-08 12:10 PM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
No, he didn't. He just showed that he has not read any of the posts yet as
his arguments are already countered in previous posts.
Bullshit. You continually do not show the proper attribution in the posts you reply to. You
have not countered this
-sigh- let's see if I can get this attribution thing
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On 2011-09-08, Tom Davies wrote:
> On Thu, 8/9/11, Ken Springer wrote:
> > On 9/8/11 11:37 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
> >> On 2011-09-08 11:14 AM Tom Davies wrote:
> >>
> >>> Int
ibreOffice out there and being used?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 8/9/11, Ken Springer wrote:
From: Ken Springer
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List
Guidelines Page?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 8 September, 2011, 18:53
On 9/
On 9/8/11 11:37 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
On 2011-09-08 11:14 AM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Interspersing or bottom-posting ensures that every message needs to be
scrolled through unless people delete all the stuff that is irrelevant
(in their opinion, which 'might not' be the same as the opinion of
On 2011-09-08 11:14 AM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Interspersing or bottom-posting ensures that every message needs to be scrolled
through unless people delete all the stuff that is irrelevant (in their
opinion, which 'might not' be the same as the opinion of the person reading).
Top posting mea
ithout any scrolling at all.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 8/9/11, Ken Springer wrote:
From: Ken Springer
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List
Guidelines Page?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 8 September, 2011, 16:09
On 9/8/11 7:
On 9/8/11 9:31 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
On 09/08/2011 05:49 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
I think the core problems of this dilemma of where to post is lack of
education, and lack of enforcement of the rules.
Oh Ken, thay got education! but the kind of education saying:
"Well, let's quickl
On 09/08/2011 05:49 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
I think the core problems of this dilemma of where to post is lack of
education, and lack of enforcement of the rules.
Oh Ken, thay got education! but the kind of education saying:
"Well, let's quickly reply: the correcpondant will always understand"
On 9/8/11 8:20 AM, Chris Morgan wrote:
In most cases top-posting is preferable. However, in this 'list'
environment, bottom-posting
and selective quoting works better for retaining context. However, we
cannot enforce this
without alienating the very people this list is aimed at (ie everyone),
so
On 9/8/11 8:03 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Over the past few months there has been a steadily increasing amount of
top-posting.
It is not just one or 2 people. Outside of LibreOffice and OpenSource everyone
else uses
top-post almost exclusively. Smart phones make it difficult to post any other
way
On 9/8/11 7:33 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Often you already know roughly what is going on and only need to read the latest
post.
If you're following only one thread/subthread in the messages, and have
been able to keep up. :-D But I follow a lot of things, in a lot of
places, and I often have t
Hi, Tom,
On 9/8/11 6:13 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Top posting is fine. Almost everyone top-posts except some people in a few
OpenSource mailing lists. If you need to communicate with anyone that works in
an office then you probably have to top-post otherwise they will probably just
ignore your ema
On 2011-09-08, Dave Sergeant wrote:
> On 8 Sep 2011 at 8:45, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
>
> [...] I am told by the way that top posting is
> far preferable to disabled people using reading aids, as they hardly
> want all the old stuff spoken by their machine before they get t
On 09/08/2011 04:24 PM, Dave Sergeant wrote:
For long threads, scrolling down to the bottom to read the new stuff is
> a pain. But if you want to top post, or bottom post, to each his own.
>
This list seems to suffer from long sections of quoted text with
sometimes just a single line of new stu
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