Well said... Back in the olden days, that's the way it was. Nowadays I've gotten used to top-posting, and I'll proudly stand up and say I personally prefer it that way...but only if the message has been cleaned up. For me, I usually already know what the thread is about by the subject...if I've been following along, there is probably not a need to scroll down through everything already posted before as I've probably already read it a few times. If I've missed something or am coming in half-way, then I'm happy to scroll down and see what I've missed...better than scrolling through three pages to find a one-line reply at the bottom...
But, I can also happily deal with it either way...getting all bent out of shape accomplishes nothing other than to show off your ugly side. Now...can we get back to the subject everyone is here to discuss? Wesley -----Original Message----- Maybe you should be blaming the software vendors whose mail clients invite users to post this way by positioning the cursor *above* the quoted reply, a practice started (if I'm not mistaken) by Microsoft and copied by Apple and Google, instead of berating users who had no clue that their software was actively encouraging them to do things considered obnoxious. I don't like top-posting either, but your response was inappropriate. Flaming people for being ignorant was something you could get away with a couple decades ago before the Eternal September, but we lost the numbers advantage a long time ago and now must resort to gentler methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September http://xkcd.com/386/ If you really want people to stop top-posting, get Google, Apple, and whoever else to fix their email clients. Josh -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
