9 Apr
2004
9 Apr
'04
8:38 p.m.
John L. Ries wrote:
On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, CBFalconer wrote:
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
I'm still laughing about this one...
On the other hand, though, one does not necessarily want to read the whole conversation before seeing the response (but the point is well taken).
Of course not, but one can easily jump at the end of the quotes. That's why what I find even more annoying is when people insert comments in the quoted parts without removing the `>' (or whatever) signs. Fortunately only few do this ...
Frank
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