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Posted by Ray S on 01/17/07 15:27
Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> "AnthonyR" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in
> news:45ad4f0e$0$7678$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:
>
>> "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:45acfbc9$0$11136$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>> No, I claim to take joy in pissing off self-appointed Internet
>>> Nazis like you.
>>>
>>>
>>> MassiveProng wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:12:41 -0500, Barry Watzman
>>>> <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> Gave us:
>>>>
>>>>> Well at least you acknowledge that it is, in fact, my choice.
>>>>
>>>> So, you CHOOSE to be a TOFU retard? How quaint... NOT!
>> Once again, it's lack of standards in software, I've never used a
>> newsreader besides Outlook express (which most don't even consider
>> a newsreader) so I personally don't understand how bottom posting
>> is easier, since I click down the row and just read one reply
>> after the other, Never having to re-read the question again, and
>> avoid having to scroll.
>>
>> But....apparently, real newsreader software DON'T function like
>> this? I never tried another program. So top posting is counter
>> intuitive to how the original system was designed to be used and
>> read. Correct? So since bottom posting has been standard since
>> beginning, it's Microsoft that is to blame for making Outlook
>> Express would differently and causing never ending arguments ever
>> since on news servers all over the world ever since.
>>
>> That is exactly why I decided to just bottom post, as I said, no
>> one EVER criticized me for bottom posting.
>> Something to think about. But we love to blame Bill, LOL
>>
>> Couldn't a program be written that automatically moves the reply
>> to top or bottom depending on preference?
>>
>> AnthonyR.
>
> It's not the software, since you can just hit Ctrl-Home to go to the
> top or Ctrl-End to go to the bottom - it's merely a convention that
> some people think is part of Usenet. Newsreaders position your
> cursor where the programmer thinks it belongs, not always at the
> bottom; however, some newsreaders are configurable by the user.
>
> IIRC, before around 1985, people tended to top post. It makes
> reading a thread much easier when you are stuck with a s-l-o-w text-
> mode newsreader on a s-l-o-w connection - which is pretty much all
> there was back then.
>
Thats a good point.
In a question and answer thread, inserted comments or bottom posts would
seem to be the most organized way to do it. But in a free form flame
war, top posting saves sooo much time.
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