who is lazy? the person that won't scroll down to read? I imagine MOST
people are using Outlook or some other e-mail client to read the posts.
It looks just like an e-mail. It's a lot more convenient. I personally
use Netscape.

Rob Adelman wrote:


Andrew M. wrote:

I almost always top post and I don't understand why people are so
sensitive about it.


Because it is a pain in the butt sometimes to figure out what the hell
it is that you are responding too and is just plain laziness on the part
of the poster.

Andrew M. wrote:
I almost always top post and I don't understand why
people are so sensitive about it.

Rob Adelman wrote:
Because it is a pain in the butt sometimes to figure out
what the hell it is that you are responding too and is just
plain laziness on the part of the poster.

"Andrew M." wrote ...
who is lazy? the person that won't scroll down to read?

"laziness on the part of the poster". Perhaps you missed it?

I imagine MOST people are using Outlook or some other
e-mail client to read the posts. It looks just like an e-mail.
It's a lot more convenient. I personally use Netscape.

Unclear what this has to do with anything?

Top-posters also tend to ignore conventions about trimming,
etc. etc. This also contributes to making their posts harder
to read.

"Richard Crowley" wrote in message
...
Andrew M. wrote:
I almost always top post and I don't understand why
people are so sensitive about it.

Rob Adelman wrote:
Because it is a pain in the butt sometimes to figure out
what the hell it is that you are responding too and is just
plain laziness on the part of the poster.

"Andrew M." wrote ...
who is lazy? the person that won't scroll down to read?

"laziness on the part of the poster". Perhaps you missed it?

I imagine MOST people are using Outlook or some other
e-mail client to read the posts. It looks just like an e-mail.
It's a lot more convenient. I personally use Netscape.

Unclear what this has to do with anything?

Top-posters also tend to ignore conventions about trimming,
etc. etc. This also contributes to making their posts harder
to read.

Thats it!!! It's a generation gap. You bunch of old fogeys!!!

(Like this here post.....is NOT needed way the freak down here.....top
posting for this would be much better..... IMO)
Watch, I'll do it again.

Thats it!!! It's a generation gap. You bunch of old fogeys!!!

It's more of a reaction post than a conversational post.


"Richard Crowley" wrote in message
...
Andrew M. wrote:
I almost always top post and I don't understand why
people are so sensitive about it.

Rob Adelman wrote:
Because it is a pain in the butt sometimes to figure out
what the hell it is that you are responding too and is just
plain laziness on the part of the poster.

"Andrew M." wrote ...
who is lazy? the person that won't scroll down to read?

"laziness on the part of the poster". Perhaps you missed it?

I imagine MOST people are using Outlook or some other
e-mail client to read the posts. It looks just like an e-mail.
It's a lot more convenient. I personally use Netscape.

Unclear what this has to do with anything?

Top-posters also tend to ignore conventions about trimming,
etc. etc. This also contributes to making their posts harder
to read.

Andrew M. wrote:

who is lazy? the person that won't scroll down to read?

If it were only that easy. There are some prominent posters here guilty
of this, won't mention any names g

I see a response and then I scroll down and see a half dozen previous
posts. many times is very confusing to figure out what exactly he is
responding too.

I imagine MOST
people are using Outlook or some other e-mail client to read the posts.
It looks just like an e-mail. It's a lot more convenient. I personally
use Netscape.

I use netscape, but this is irrelevent. The best post is a bottom post
response with the previous post edited so the response makes sense. This
makes life easier for anybody reading the post regardless of what
newsreader he or she is using. But it does take a little more effort on
the part of the poster.

-Rob







Rob Adelman wrote:



Andrew M. wrote:

I almost always top post and I don't understand why people are so
sensitive about it.



Because it is a pain in the butt sometimes to figure out what the hell
it is that you are responding too and is just plain laziness on the
part of the poster.

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 01:53:02 +0200, (Chris Smalt)
wrote:

How so? On your system, can you see the top part in your reader as the
rest is still trickling in?

Probably. OTOH, even with high-speed connections, I prefer not to
scroll down to the new info. I prefer it at the bottom if I need.

Of course, if people edited the contents of their responses, this
would be less of a problem.

Kal

Kalman wrote:

Of course, if people edited the contents of their responses, this
would be less of a problem.


Yes, and how about editing out the email addresses of the people they
followed up to, so we'd get a lot less spam?


Chris

C. Smalt wrot: Yes, & hw abt edtg eml of ppl so we gt ls spam?


I agre