On Tuesday 28 April 2009 20:39:29 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > > As a blind computer user, sometimes it is more convenient to top post, > > because I don't know of a way to make my screen reading software skip > > over all of the quoted material. I find it more convenient sometimes to > > hear the newest material first. > > That's an interesting point, and the first real justification for > top-posting I've seen. Although I would have thought it should be > possible to have your mailer hide quotes and the reader then skip them.
I'm sure the regulars here will be quite happy to make an exception for the few blind users we have. Just like we tolerate the BlackBerry users who cannot post any other way. As for the rest who think it's their right to ignore long-established unwritten (but no less valid) codes of conduct, I just do to them the same thing I do to stupid users at work who refuse to use English: plonk. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
