[Gllug] Do modern webpages kill older laptops/PCs?

Christopher Hunter chrisehunter at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu May 29 11:00:42 UTC 2008


On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 12:06 +0100, James Holland wrote:
> Would anyone care to explain to me (gently!) why all the fuss about top
> posting? I read my email using the preview pane in Evolution and its
> much easier to read if someone top-posts rather than having to scroll
> down through the quoted bit that you've read already! I know it was the
> norm in usenet days pre-Outlook, but why now??

A.  Because it destroys the logical flow of conversation.

Q.  Why is "top-posting" to be avoided?

C.


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