[139574] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Top-posting (was: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Chown)
Tue Apr 12 02:50:47 2011
From: Tim Chown <tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:49:17 +0100
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On 12 Apr 2011, at 07:33, Michael DeMan wrote:
> Call me and old 'hard case' - but I prefer that when I get information =
via email, that if possible, the relevant information show up =
immediately.
>=20
> Call me lazy I guess - but I would expect that most folks on this list =
have also understood good user interface design, and that the least =
amount of work that needs to be done for the receiver to be able to get =
their information is frequently the best solution.
Well indeed, top-posting is just so much more efficient given the =
volumes of email most of us probably see each day. =20
Back when receiving an email was an event, and your xbiff flag popping =
up was a cause for excitement, taking time to scroll/page down to the =
new bottom-posted content in the reply was part of the enjoyment of the =
whole 'You have new mail' process. But I'm afraid times have =
changed; bottom-posted email is now an annoyance to most just as a =
slow-loading web page would be.
Tim=
