[asterisk-users] Top Posting

jon pounder jonp at inline.net
Sun Jan 16 21:29:10 CST 2011


Surely there is some mail client smart enough to be able to flip around 
the levels of indenting so most recent is top or bottom.
If not quit bitching and make one - I will continue top posting since I 
don't seem to be alone in preferring it.




On 01/16/2011 10:28 PM, Mark Murawski wrote:
> We obviously have all our own opinions about being on top or bottom. 
> And it boils down to personal preference obviously.
>
> I think in all cases, top posting is by far superior.  But I think the 
> battle will continue ad infinitum.
>
> One, because of speedups in finding the most recent content which will 
> always be on the top.
>
> Two, with the new content on top, reading list posts from any phone 
> becomes really easy.  If you have a particular thread you're 
> following, you can quickly look at the new reply without having to do 
> anything other than open the email!  I don't know of any phone that's 
> 'smart' enough to auto scroll to the bottom when you open up a list 
> post where someone has bottom posted.
>
>
>
>
> On 01/16/2011 10:17 PM, Tilghman Lesher wrote:
>> On Sunday 16 January 2011 20:47:56 James Miller wrote:
>>> When you get over 500 emails a day on your blackberry you have make a
>>> decision on what is or is not worth reading at that moment.
>>
>> Clearly, then, the problem is your blackberry.  Ditch it.  Or stop
>> subscribing to list email on a device which is clearly not up to the 
>> task.
>>
>> Or would you say that since it's inconvenient for you to clean up 
>> your dog
>> poo, you shouldn't have to pick it up?  And leave it where the rest 
>> of us
>> might step in it?  If you cannot be bothered to clean up after your dog,
>> maybe you shouldn't be taking your dog to the park.  Similarly, we 
>> may not
>> be able to fine you for failing to obey list rules, but the rules still
>> apply to you, like it or not.
>>
>
>
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