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[Trevor Dennis <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think the main reason that top posting works for email and not for other
mediums like forums is for the simple reason that I'm already tracking this
conversation actively and I already know what's been said. So I don't want
to read it again and again and again, etc.

For example, in the reply to my previous message, I have to now re-read what
I wrote before I get to the reply.  I already know what I wrote and don't
want to read it again.

Especially once you start getting mobile devices into the mix.  You want
that new text to be the first thing you see on the screen.  You already know
what came before so you can just close the message quickly after glancing at
the reply.

Trev.


On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Garrett Serack <garretts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> My personal preference was always reply-at-end.
>
> Then I got a job.
>
> With the onslaught of reply-at-top in the work-world, the wise man just
> nods his head, and acknowledges that you can't fix the behavior of the
> masses.
>
> G
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olaf van der Spek [mailto:olafvdspek@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:34 AM
> To: Trevor Dennis
> Cc: Garrett Serack; coapp-devel
> Subject: Re: [Coapp-developers] Code release schedule
>
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Trevor Dennis <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Gmail, Thunderbird, etc, have top replying as well.  It's just more
> > natural to read the reply right away instead of scrolling down
> > hundreds of lines of message to get to a reply.
> > I don't have a problem with HTML, just that some people like putting
> > pictures in their sig which cause every message to appear to have an
> > attachment on it.
>
> A: Because it messes up 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 in e-mail?
>
> Olaf
>
>


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Trevor Dennis