Re: Top-posting [ was Variable names]
Re: Top-posting [ was Variable names]
- Subject: Re: Top-posting [ was Variable names]
- From: Bruce Robertson <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:27:41 -0800
Quite simply and obviously false.
It is clear - and convenient - for everybody following the thread. It is a common practice and preference.
It is a lot like toilet-paper rolling direction. You may have a strong preference about what seems obvious to you.
But it is not a universal truth.
Top posting does not prevent chopping trailing detritus. There is no conflict.
On Jan 13, 2011, at 2:08 PM, Nigel Garvey wrote:
> Bruce Robertson top-posted on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:24:46 -0800:
>
>> And what exactly is wrong with having immediate clarity about the new
>> message?
>
> It's only immediately clear to the person who sent the message. :)
> Everyone else has to scroll down to see to what point, by which of the
> possibly many contributors to the thread so far, the new message refers.
> In a discussion forum, it's much clearer and more convenient for readers
> if the content of each message progresses in the normal reading order.
> That way, readers can be reminded of what's gone before and can read the
> new message in the context of what's been quoted. It also makes it
> easier for the new message to be quoted by others in the historical
> context. (With this post, I've had to insert what I'm writing now
> between your top-posting and the historical context — which is mixed up
> enough already!)
>
> As Robert and Yvan have already pointed out, top-posting also tends to
> foster the accumulation of unedited junk at the bottom of each message.
> (Your reply, for instance, quoted the entire Admin signature from the
> copy of my message you received.) Top-posters who receive individual
> messages from the server may not care about this, but to those of us who
> prefer to receive the digests, or who like to file discussions for their
> own reference, it's a real pain in the goodness-mes — almost as bad as
> when entire digests are quoted in replies.
>
> Top-posting's not the only thing which litters the digests. (They're
> also dotted with server messages that HTML or other attachments have
> been scrubbed — which leaves some postings with no content at all!) I
> only picked on top posting as a comment on Alex's overzealous views on
> clarity in scripts and his apparent disregard for it in his quoting on
> this list. (See below.) I've no wish to push the matter any further. I
> know from past experience it's a waste of time. ;)
>
> NG
>
>
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