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

[Andy Millar]

I do appreciate that top posting sucks.

But I am stuck doing it with this mobile.

It seems that people tend to be tollerant of mobile users.

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Andy Millar

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Cartwright <ryan at crimperman.org>
Sent: 29 May 2008 17:44
To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Do modern webpages kill older laptops/PCs?

James Roberts wrote:
> John G Walker wrote:
>> But not all email exchanges are discussions.
<snip>
>> Inline posting makes a discussion more readable, certainly,
>> but that is wholly different from an email that merely conveys
>> information.
> 
> May I express >>100% agreement?
> 
> *All* our business email - without exception - is sent by top posters. 
> The body of the previous comment is present so that the email can be 
> forwarded to another party to rapidly track the *entire* transaction. 
> Deleting any of the body is a disciplinary offence :)

Even the "legal" terms in the footer? Blimey that is the first bit I
trim when replying to *internal* messages.

I agree that context is important but I still prefer in-line posting.
When replying as part of a discussion I will usually post in-line. This
is why if I want to quote another's message *in it's entirety* then I
tend to forward it as an attachment. That way those who want to read it
can do so, those that don't get a shorter message to read. Granted this
can make it difficult for those reading on mobile devices but we have
none of those.

<snip>
> Suggesting that one imposes bottom posting on the entire commercial 
> environment of the planet is unrealistic and irrelevant.

That's a bit of a straw man argument isn't it? So far - in this
discussion - I'm not aware of anybody actually suggesting such an
imposition. I've just seen people expressing their frustration of the
way others post and the alleged "arrogance" of the other sides.

> But on a mailing list, one should follow conventions and bottom post - 
> as long as the device in use permits that. If it does not then I would 
> suggest a handy bucket of water (sorry, not a Blackberry slave).

hear hear (for both points) ;o)
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