1) Really? Is it time for this thread again already so soon? 2) This thread is TL;DR
3) Yeah, I'm top posting, not trimming. 4) Arguably, since this is leading up to a thread hijack, it prob'ly doesn't matter whether I maintain context, right? 5) And finally, the point of my reply: While skimming this thread (reading the first two or three lines of each post) Gmail served me several text ads re: "G Strings" and "String Bikinis". WIN for automatic context detection. I'll bet theoretical physicists have to block ads whenever they get into a heated discussion about string theory. :) On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:12 PM, James Carroll <[email protected]> wrote: > Although you must admit, gmail is encouraging the trend of top posting, if > that is really such a bad thing... because if I want context, I wander back > through the thread (even though I agree with Michael that they could thread > better....) but then I don't trim because all that stuff is hidden for me by > gmail, and it takes more effort to trim than it takes to let gmail > automatically hide it for me. Likely because I have been using Gmail, these > issues have never even occurred to me. Keeping all the cruft in the email > wasn't a problem because it was hidden, and posting AFTER the reply was > annoying because I just had to scroll down, which I didn't if my reply was > at the top, with context provided by the thread... But take gmail away, and > I can see the annoyance at top posting and not trimming.... > > my point? I do believe that gmail like mail clients do contribute to top > posting and lack of trimming, at least by making it less of a problem, so > less likely to go away... of course, if it isn't a problem, does it have to > go away? > > :P > > James > > -- > "And very early in the morning > the first day of the week, > they came unto the sepulchre > at the rising of the sun..." (Mark 16:2) > > Web: http://james.jlcarroll.net > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
