On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 15:47 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote: > > Hi Robert ! > > > >> (please don't top post.) > > > > I've wondered about this for some time, actually. > > On one hand it seems easier to get straight to the point at the top of > > the doc, but if I got this right, it supposedly breaks the hierarchy of > > the thread ? > > (Conversely, over the years it used to annoy me at times - on groups > > such as Y! MSP430 - that I had to first scroll down for half an hour to > > see whether comments are effectively at the end, or whether they're > > interspersed.. a top post avoids that ? ) > > > > Could you elucidate why you dislike top post ? > > I'm fairly new to linux, so I'm wondering whether it's my 'bad habits' - > > inherited from Outlook/Win ? :-) > > There seemed to be a lot of debate around when I researched this a while > > ago pro and con, hence why I'm curious. > > > > Best regards, > > Kris > > Kris, > > It is not just Robert. It is the entire Linux Kernel Mailing List > collection. ie. Dozens of mailing lists. > > The idea is that with high-volume lists most readers do not read every > message and certainly cannot remember all previous context. > > So it is felt that each e-mail should be readable in a standalone > fashion as much as possible. > > This means newer content should go after the older content in order > that response can be read with proper context. OTOH, having to scroll > through tons of unrelated context is also a major issue, so aggressive > trimming of unrelated quotes is also encouraged. > > Greg Hi Greg (Robert et al), Thanks for clarifying ! It makes a lot of sense - looking back at the thread can be done within the same post. One specific group I frequent (electronics-qa, run by Ian in Sydney) - there it's considered a 'crime' when posting too much of the previous content :-) I'll ensure that I adhere to this rule. PS : Interesting that Evolution renders a dotted rectangle around my composed reply post. Didn't do that when top-posting :-) Best regards, Kris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
