Andy Levy wrote:
> On Jan 4, 2008 8:42 PM, droo <03dakotacc4.7_4x4@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:55:26 -0500, Barry Oliver
>>
>><barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Andy Levy wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Jan 4, 2008 2:07 AM, Barry Oliver <barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Top posting is easier for the
>>>>>poster *and* those of us that use a plain newsreader. the message id
>>>>>right up at the top where it belongs.
>>>>
>>>> This convention started and was accepted in the 1980s or early 90s on
>>>>USENET, where all anyone used was a "plain newsreader."
>>>>
>>>
>>>Well, welcome to the new millenium. That's kind of like railing against
>>>mice because computers the old unix boxes didn't need one...
>>>
>>
>>Not even close to being a good comparison.
>
>
> That's right. Mice are horrible interface devices for many tasks. If
> you know how to use keyboard shortcuts properly, you can navigate most
> Windows applications and Windows itself FAR faster with the keyboard
> than the mouse. Add in one or two little utilities and I barely have
> to use the mouse at all.
>
>
Ok, it's a bad comparison, sorry. This Thread just became a perfect
example. With top posting, I could select the next message in the
thread and see the current posting right there. I can get through all
of my email with either the down arrow or the del key. If I don't
remember the specifics, then I can scroll down to read them. With the
Bottom post method [like this] I have to switch focus to the reading
pane, then scroll down first just to get to the current information,
because the quotes take up enough of the screen to push the current info
off of it even if properly trimmed..
It seems that Top posting is a better solution because you always have
the current information right there, on top. You don't have to even
whine about if the OP didn't trim enough from the previous message
because you never see it unless you go looking [scroll down] for it.
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