[X-Newbies] Top posing in mail?

[Jane]

I prefer the missionary position myself.........

On May 19, 2005, at 8:41 AM, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:

>  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?
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