On 13 Oct 2008, at 16:48, Micah Gersten wrote:
Wolf wrote:
By Bottom Posting (common when on a mailing list or NG) it gives
greater context as you read through the previous posts and by the
time of getting to where the new response is, it is in sync. No
skipping back and forth to read to get the context.
The problem with bottom posting is that if you follow the
conversation,
you have to scroll to find the new content. I guess if you trim and
bottom post it's not so bad.
The major benefit of bottom posting is providing easy-to-read context
to each message. This is important for those of us on many lists, for
times when you missed an earlier part of a conversation or when people
are reading your messages in archives.
At the end of the day it's beneficial to the community at large if
each individual message can stand on its own. Judicious trimming and
bottom-posting ensures this and makes list archives more valuable as a
reference for Googlers.
Of course that's just my opinion and I know many people disagree but
on this issue discussion is generally pointless since it's a religious
bike shed.
Praise FSM!
-Stut
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