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

[James Holland]

On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 12:00 +0100, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> 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?

I wonder if this is why Outlook, and now Evolution, introduced the 3
pane vertical view? However using it now makes it difficult to read
html-type newsletters. I'm trying to read one from Red Hat!!


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