Re: [libreoffice-users] Seeking for list moderators

On Wed, 8 May 2013, Dries Feys wrote:

> All,
>
> Yes, I'm a top poster. Simply because I use gmail, and I don't want to
> click & scroll to the bottom of the message every time I respond to a
> message. But yes, I read everything in this thread, as it shows as
> bottom posting in my compose window.
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience...

it is inconvenient but so is the way gmail sets things up; I think 
some other email clients do the same.

if I were using gmail, I also would probably top-post because it's one 
degree of inconvenience against another.

I think trying to _write_ bottom-posting when the email program 
resists it is more difficult than trying to _read_ bottom-posting.

(I'm not a dogmatist; I'm a pragmatist.)

> Met vriendelijke groeten, Salutations distinguées, Kind Regards,

mit herzlichen grüssen!

F.

> DRIES FEYS
> CORPORATE SERVICES • Specialist Software Developer
>
>
> On 8 May 2013 16:44, Felmon Davis <davisf@union.edu> wrote:
> > On Wed, 8 May 2013, V Stuart Foote wrote:
> >
> > > +1
> > > From: anne-ology [laginnis@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 8:34 AM
> > > >       top post ... bottom post ... top post ... bottom post ... top post
> > > > ... bottom post ... top post ... bottom post ... top post ... bottom post
> > > > ...
> > > >           one requires re-reading the post, before getting to the new
> > > > bit;
> > > >              one allows the new bit to be read - if one needs refreshing
> > > > on what's gone before, then merely scroll down.
> > > >
> > > >       Why do some folks want to complicate things which are really quite
> > > > simple;
> > > >           oh, windows could be rolled up & down in a car whenever;
> > > >               then electric windows made it impossible to do so unless
> > > > the
> > > > engine was running  ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > >                                    +2
> > >
> > > ;-)
> > > Stuart
> >
> >
> > -2 (or however many)
> >
> > many (all?) of us read several posts so you end up with a bunch of nearly
> > meaningless opening lines; why read further? with bottom-posting, you see
> > right away what the issue was, which motivates further reading.
> >
> > I know this is a perennial disagreement; perhaps top-posters might at least
> > consider pruning the thread so it's easier to know what they are talking
> > about.
> >
> > F.
> >
> > --
> > Felmon Davis
> >
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> >
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Felmon Davis

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sooner.
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