Re: [Nolug] passport account? wanna download something for me?

On 06/26/08 10:23, Dustin Puryear wrote:
> The whole top-posting vs. bottom-posting deal is a relic. Fighting for
> or against it is not unlike trying to fight popular culture's use of the
> term "hacker". In both cases it's a done deal, the battle is over and
> has been since the 90's, and we should all move on. That said, a lot of
> people still dislike top-posting and some people also dislike how the
> term "hacker" is used, but it's something that just has to be lived with
> now. :)

"We" were winning until gmail was made public...

> I'm a top-poster. To be honest, I find it tedious to have to scroll down
> several pages to read someone's comments much more than just skimming
> through a message thread easily by reading what's at the top of my
> screen.

That's why snipping is an integral part of mid-/bottom-posting.

> Some people disagree and feel that top-posting whacks out the
> conversation. Either way.

Yes, it does.

Anyway, Thunderbird places the cursor at the bottom of the compose
window, ripe and ready for bottom-posting. Why do you spend the
(admittedly slight) extra effort to move the cursor to the top of
the window?

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