On Sun, 2011-11-27 at 20:00 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 27.11.2011 19:32, schrieb Maurizio Marini:
> On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:13:53 +0000
> Frank Murphy <frankly3d(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That's what top-posting brings. (Not JZ)
>> Let's see the rant's now.
>
> A. Because people read from top to bottom.
> Q. Why should I not top post?
> 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.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
but only in mailing-lists and there only because not all are doing this
yes i and peopole are reading from top to bottom
and if i follow a conversation i normally know the postings before
so i need only to read the answers
with top-posting i would not have to scroll or ONLY if i have
not read the messages before and even if i do not know the whole
thread i must only ONE TIME scroll down and read from bottom to
top, but only once
so the only real problem is that so many people do not top-posting
and that they which do not realize if the thread was with answers
below the question and suddenly start mixing what is really bad
because you have a question and some answers below and some in top of
in business-communication top posting and TOFU is normally
because with TOFU you need only the last mail of a conversation
and with the top-posting you need not to scroll and see the whole
answer in the preview after select a message
so this is all a point of view
But business email is not normally archived for later use. It is
essentially one time communications with a few exceptions. And this
difference is essential between a mailing list and simple email
exchanges.
Just my 2 cents worth, and that ain't much these days.