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Please could you all Delete part of those LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOG letters
Jan wrote:
"DA" don't live wrote in message David, top posting is considered poor netiquette, and will get you flamed in most USENET groups. Hope this explains better than I can. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette DA Generally, I avoid top posting because I'm aware that some consider it to be poor netiquette. However, I've never understood the reason and don't see anything in the Wikipedia reference to explain it. Personally, I find it is generally quicker to read top-posted messages, especially when I have to scroll multiple times to get to the actual post. Try this site http://mailformat.dan.info/quoting/bottom-posting.html Donna |
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Please could you all Delete part of those LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGletters
I always do.
SOmetimes it is hard to remember which newsgroups want you to top post and which want you to bottom post, and to me it's as crazy as which way to insert the toilet paper on the roll -- there are good reasons for doing both, and each has its proper time. Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote: Melinda you can leave parts to which you answer and delete the rest ,, it will make a HUUUUGE difference -- Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. |
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Please could you all Delete part of those LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGletters
I don't mind pleasant requests for accommodation, but I do mind the
groups where they label you with unprintable adjectives if you don't post per their preference. DAB wrote: Good point Nickie......I sub to several groups and pretty much go with the flow....some don't care how you post, others are diehard bottom posters only. -- Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. |
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Please could you all Delete part of those LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOG letters
LOL I just post more to aggravate them, unless it's a group I care about ;-)
Donna Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote: I don't mind pleasant requests for accommodation, but I do mind the groups where they label you with unprintable adjectives if you don't post per their preference. DAB wrote: Good point Nickie......I sub to several groups and pretty much go with the flow....some don't care how you post, others are diehard bottom posters only. |
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Mirjam---
You said just what I was thinking! Since I sprained my wrist a few weeks ago, it hurts to use the mouse, and as I was complaining to myself about how the replies were posted, I came upon your request. Thank you!!! Merri (a sometime lurker, reader and occasional poster) "Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message ... Everybody . it takes me Ages and pain in my hand to scrolllllllllllllll through Miles of older texts ,,, just leave the needed parts PLEASE ,,,,, mirjam |
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Please could you all Delete part of those LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOG letters
QUICK HEALINNG MERRI
i have another problem that hurts , thus i am kin to have less scrollling Mirjam--- You said just what I was thinking! Since I sprained my wrist a few weeks ago, it hurts to use the mouse, and as I was complaining to myself about how the replies were posted, I came upon your request. Thank you!!! |
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Please could you all Delete part of those LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGletters
Funny how many posts this thread generated!!
If you were to join a blindness-related list and posted your response _after_ someone else's message, you'd _very_ quickly get flamed by irate screen reader users!!!! And thanks for the link - when I want to respond to several points in an email or post, I do interweave but start each person's text with their name and my name and response: Person: [quoted text] David: [response] and so on... This keeps text very clear as to who wrote what, especially since it can get annoying hearing all those signes repeatedly spoken as "greater" or "greater greater greater...". *chuckle* David -- David R. Sky http://www.shellworld.net/~davidsky/ On Sun, 1 Jul 2007, it was written: Jan wrote: "DA" don't live wrote in message David, top posting is considered poor netiquette, and will get you flamed in most USENET groups. Hope this explains better than I can. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette DA Generally, I avoid top posting because I'm aware that some consider it to be poor netiquette. However, I've never understood the reason and don't see anything in the Wikipedia reference to explain it. Personally, I find it is generally quicker to read top-posted messages, especially when I have to scroll multiple times to get to the actual post. Try this site http://mailformat.dan.info/quoting/bottom-posting.html Donna |
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Hi David,
I was intrigued by this and asked friends on another newsgroup. The best reason they came up with for the convention of bottom-posting was the unreliability of usenet in terms of message propogation. It is common to receive messages out of order, for instance, and then if the message is top-posted and the message to which it is replying is not there the person reading it has no context and it becomes meaningless. There is no corresponding argument where mailing lists are concerned I guess as they are more consistent (perhaps with the exception of yahoo which can be a bit sporadic) and good at delivering messages in the correct order. nickie David R. Sky wrote: Funny how many posts this thread generated!! [snip] |
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Please could you all Delete part of those LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGletters
Nickie
I find it very annoying to scrolllllllllll f=down i read what i want at the top if i need any clatification i can always go back mirjam Hi David, I was intrigued by this and asked friends on another newsgroup. The best reason they came up with for the convention of bottom-posting was the unreliability of usenet in terms of message propogation. It is common to receive messages out of order, for instance, and then if the message is top-posted and the message to which it is replying is not there the person reading it has no context and it becomes meaningless. There is no corresponding argument where mailing lists are concerned I guess as they are more consistent (perhaps with the exception of yahoo which can be a bit sporadic) and good at delivering messages in the correct order. nickie David R. Sky wrote: Funny how many posts this thread generated!! [snip] |
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