Re: Posting Order

2019-02-09 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2019-02-09 17:36, L A Walsh wrote: > On 2/9/2019 10:26 AM, Brian Inglis wrote:On 2019-02-09 17:36, L A Walsh > wrote:> On 2/9/2019 10:26 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: >> On 2019-02-09 07:46, L A Walsh wrote: >>> That's why it is very surprising to see computer people treat >>> 'email' as a "log" inst

Re: Posting Order

2019-02-09 Thread L A Walsh
On 2/9/2019 3:02 PM, b...@theworld.com wrote: > For the record I tend to prefer top posting. > I only prefer it because most readers display the first snippet of something. I'd prefer full editing of quotes, but if they can't do that, having the old stuff down off the bottom of my wind

Re: Posting Order

2019-02-09 Thread L A Walsh
On 2/9/2019 10:26 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2019-02-09 07:46, L A Walsh wrote: > >> That's why it is very surprising to see computer people treat >> 'email' as a "log" instead of like a chat w/history... >> > > Logs can be displayed most recent first, - > usually not without a sp

Re: Posting Order (was: Getting error message...)

2019-02-09 Thread bzs
Whether one prefers top, bottom, or inline posting often has a lot to do with the mail program they use. And sometimes the actual context and whether or not it might be confusing what is being responded to exactly. For example top or bottom posting "yes" to a bunch of questions can be confusing,

Re: Posting Order (was: Getting error message...)

2019-02-09 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2019-02-09 07:46, L A Walsh wrote: > That's why it is very surprising to see computer people treat > 'email' as a "log" instead of like a chat w/history... Logs can be displayed most recent first, as with directories or lists in most products, and chats with history are in chronological order,