On Jan 3, 2008 6:02 PM, <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
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> "Andy Levy" <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Jan 3, 2008 12:59 PM, Phillip Batson <pbatson68@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I like the replies on the top. If you are following a thread, then
> >> the response is right here, and you don't have to scroll down
> >> through all the other stuff you have already read.
>
> > That's why you're supposed to snip the stuff you aren't replying to.
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> >> And if you haven't read it or need to catch up, then you can scroll
> >> down and read it.
>
> > Except you have to read backwards. Post 2 is ABOVE post 1, so you
> > have to scroll to the bottom, read post 1, then scroll up to read
> > post 2 (which may involve scrolling back down depending upon the
> > length), and so on.
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>
>
> Agreed. I'm not even sure why there is any question about the
> matter. If you are of the scientific bent and require proof and
> facts, there are reams of data out there showing that bottom posting
> and proper quoting is infinitely superior to top posting. (Do a google
> search.) Beyond that, I'm not even sure how top posting came into
> being - it goes against thousands of years of written tradition and
> just feels completely un-natural. I will go so far as to say that if
> top posting feels "right" to someone, that person may very well be
> suffering from some sort of chemical imbalance. ;-)
I think a lot of it is because most of the major "corporate" mail
systems default to top-posting. Lookout, Groupwise and Lotus Notes (in
addition to Lookout Express) all do. So does GMail. And since people
tend to use at home what they use at work, it carries over.
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