[X-Newbies] Top posing in mail?

[Jamie Kahn Genet]

 B.ru c-e •K1u-tch-k0  <AppleRocket at NoSpamMail.net> wrote:
[snip]
> Outlook dominates the business world and is a defacto standard for  
> such writings. Most business people expect top posting and are  
> confused by bottom posting. Outlook does not take into account the  
> needs of other users - for example, people who subscribe to mailing  
> lists. It is possible to bottom post in Outlook, but the vast  
> majority of its users don't know how.

They're unable to move their mouse and click at the bottom of the
quoting - thus moving the insertion point? This takes two seconds or
less. I hit the End key, or zip downwards with my scroll wheel if it's a
short document, then click once with my mouse where I wish to begin
typing. 1 - 2 seconds, tops. That's not hard, surely?

But I do get you point about business and MS-OE fostering so many bad
habits through it's default behavior and unwillingness of users to
learn.

Sorry if I come across a bit stuffily or rudely, but I'm sick to death
of top-posting, unwanted HTML mail, hundred line sigs, broken sig
delimiters and general sloppiness in many of today's email users (not
necessarily on this list - though it does happen too often).

I could quite happily BBQ Bill Gates over a fiery pit for unleashing
MS-OE with it's bad default behavior on the world! ;-) Mmmm... BBQ....
yummy.

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
-- 
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting aka TOFU (Top-post Over, Full quote Under)
Q: What is the most annoying thing on mailing lists?