Re: Help!!

From: gazzag <gareth_at_jamms.org>
Date: 6 Jul 2006 03:44:24 -0700
Message-ID: <1152182664.361502.301130_at_a14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>


GuessWho wrote:
> "Paul" <paul_at_see.my.sig.com> wrote in message
> > > > Are you incapable or unwilling to over ride the default?
>
> Just lazy I guess, sorry for that, I'm trying to do better..
> >
> >
> > It has to default to the top - how can it know where you wish to
> > respond?
> >
>
> Right... ;-(
>
> >
> > > MS Outlook.... you can guess the rest (after Brian Ferry)
> >
> >
> > Arrow keys, PageDown, Ctrl-End....
> >
> >
> > <shakes head...>
> >
>
> <nodds head>
>
> So, I turned to inline posting. But: can anyone explain why this is such a
> big issue? Especially when I read a thread top to bottom I have to scroll
> through the text I have read several times by then. And don't tell me just
> to read the last message, because people who make a big issue over top
> posting are also the ones snapping out parts of the text. But maybe you're
> right and I should turn to a different news reader, Outlook is a crime
> (after Pink Floyd).
>

    [Quoted]
  1. Because it's contrary to the direction we normally read in.
  2. Why is top-posting so bad, then?
  3. Top-posting.
  4. What's the biggest problem with readability on the Net?

HTH ;) -g Received on Thu Jul 06 2006 - 12:44:24 CEST

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