On 2021-01-17 00:37:31 Steven D'Aprano via tde-users wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 01:00:56PM +0900, Michele Calgaro via tde-users wrote: > > On 2021/01/17 12:28 PM, William Morder via tde-users wrote: > > >How about we just dispense with top posting altogether? > > Whoa there, let's not toss out the bathwater with the baby! *wink* > > > I was about to ask the same question. > > What are the advantages of bottom posting? I can't fiugre them out to be > > honest. > > **Bottom** posting? Probably none, or very little, unless the email you > are replying to is very short (a handful of lines, no more). > > But **inline** posting, which is often wrongly called bottom posting, > has the advantages of: > > - reading like the conversation it is; > > - and keeping the necessary context in place. > > Especially in technical discussions, it is natural and useful to follow > a Question: Answer format. > > > How do I do this? > > Answer... > > > > > Previous question > > > > > > First response > > > > Okay, thanks, here's a follow-up question... > > And the follow-up answer goes here. > > > So much better than either top-posting or bottom-posting, that > invariably ends up with half the questions ignored. > > > I use top posting daily everywhere other than TDE and I always find > > annoying having to scroll down to read a post in TDE. > > If my readers have to scroll to read my first (or only comment), > then the chances are that I have left too much quoting in place. > > If they have to scroll long enough that they get bored, frustrated or > annoyed, then I definitely have left too much quoting. > > And if I have left ten pages of quoting only to respond with a single > line "Me too!!!" then I need somebody to turn my computer off and never > let me online again *wink* > > (You know how many TV shows start off with a very, very brief summary of > "the story so far" showing highlights of previous episodes? Imagine if, > instead, you had 42 minutes recapping the previous episodes followed by > three minutes of new material.) > > Quoting should ideally be just enough to establish context, not to be a > full archive of the complete thread to that point. > > > If there is a clear benefit for bottom posting, I will understand. But > > currently I am struggling to see the point of it. > > And this is why I keep asking people to not post at the bottom of the > untrimmed post. That combines the disadvantages of top-posting with > extra disadvantages and no advantages for the reader at all. I agree. Leslie -- ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
