Re: Help Request about 4.01 Strict

Top posting is annoying, some of us might read hundreds
posts a day and reply some. If it's top post, one must scroll
down and see what it was about before even replying ...

I read at least hundreds of posts a day, every day. Some are bottom posted.
Most are top posted or with quotes and replies interleaved. When
interleaved the better ones quote essentially the whole message begin
replied to at the bottom (as I have done here). The top posted messages are
easier to deal with than the bottom posted ones.

The messages in the news reader are threaded. You already know what the
quote at the bottom is because you see what is above. You do not have to
PgDn to see what is in this message. If you have already read the thread up
to this message and the subject line does not refresh your memory then you
can look at what is quoted at the bottom.

.. Ed

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bottom posting is more difficult for the reader.

I have to disagree with this :)

Top posting is annoying, some of us might read hundreds posts
a day and reply some. If it's top post, one must scroll down and
see what it was about before even replying. Especially this get
annoying if post is not properly snipped and is long.

Bottom posting is slightly less annoying, but it has it's problems
also. Especially on long post if you are gonna reply on several points..

That's why I keep using inline posting and snip away texts that I am
not replying into etc. Sometimes leaving more text depending
situation. This way there's quote of the text I am replying straight up
from my reply. Easy, fast to see on what I had replied to etc.

Have you considered about possibility people might not even
respond because they might be annoyed by the top posting? In
my case, I answer top posting, but I might mark thread up, wait
a bit and go on answering other messages instead and some
point later if there's no reply from others. Then I might answer
when I have time...

So in all, I prefer people posting inline. I think I must be getting
old because I don't bother nag about posting "proper" way, each
for their own. Just that I might put off a while my answer, depending
way people post ;)


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