Re: Found a work around, but would still like to know the answer...

Tony wrote:
Logos wrote:
Hm. I guess I am interleaved, and not top then. If you look, my
previous post is interleaved. To be frank, it seems a fairly minor
issue either way, like code indentation prefs. Not to mention
seriously off topic. :)

Courtesy is never a minor issue, neither is it ever off-topic.

But if you want to ignore the conventions of this group, by all means,
please do. Odds are the group will end up ignoring you.


It's difficult to comply both with Randy and your notions of courtesy.


Randy states that "But, many people in this group complain when people
top post."

You state that "Most of the people here, myself included, are
interleaved posters that
ignore top posters."

So, without knowing who I'm talking to in advance, and not being able
to format in bottom, top and interleaved formats simultaneously, how
can one observe 'courtesy'? Someone is going to be offended no matter
what. This is why this sort of topic is ridiculous and pointless.
Unless you founded the group yourself, or there is a clear FAQ posted
weekly stating the local bylaws, it's incredibly rude to insist that
everyone else follow your own particular set of rules. Usually when a
FAQ is posted weekly it shows up in pretty much every seach of a
newsgroup, or in the listing of recent posting headers, making it easy
for people to observe protocol.

Searching for FAQ just now, which I usually do before posting to most
newsgroups, there was nothing from this year. In fact, in my search
just now the first hit was
"The FAQ - Making my life easier, and the FAQ better." talking about
how to automate it. From Dec of 2001! (discounting the faq for this
newsgroup posted June 19th; my post was on the 16th, and this seems to
be posted in response). So since the FAQ wasn't being constantly
posted, and nothing obvious showed up searching for just FAQ, I don't
think I was being either rude or discourteous.

(http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com is a fantastic page btw, and I've
been referred to it by people and google before on other occasions - I
never realized it hosted a FAQ for this group, though).

Now that I've had the FAQ pointed out to me, I'm happy to abide by it.
But don't chastise me for not following it when it's not readily
available, and when you contradict it yourself.

Tyler

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