[access-uk] FW: Re: Top Posting to this list

Hello Derek,

I am sorry to see that you are at it again.

I send what I believe is a constructive note to the list and you then
respond in your own manner.

Why am I "lazy" because you disagree with my view?

At work top posting is the normal convention that I have come across in many
companies. People are expected to know the topic being discussed or to take
the time to read the bottom first.

You have make comparisons with conversation and book reading. In fact
despite the fact that all 3 use words there is little direct connection
between them. 

A conversation is a direct two way interchange in real time. An e-mail is,
by its very nature, not in real time and so can be handled in a different
manner if required.

Reading a book from start to finish is fine. Do you therefore imply that on
each e-mail you want to read the many earlier notes each time before you get
to the new bits? That, again, is not a practical suggestion.

Now, as far as eating food with one's fingers, how did you manage to jump to
that? Or were you trying to make some sort of outlandish connection. 
In fact that too wood not make much sense as you would finish up with fairly
messy hands and would then need to take out more time and trouble cleaning
yourself up. It would not be easier at all.

Please believe me Derek, that there are others on this list who also have
valid contributions to make.




Regards, John

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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Derek Hornby
Sent: 26 May 2007 13:10
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Top Posting to this list

Hi John

>It is much easier to follow with top posting; if the person thinks it is
>necessary to add context from an earlier note , then addict, with  lines
>saying "quote start" and "quote en".

The only problem  with quoting, is when there is far too much  quoted.

Top-posting makes posts incomprehensible.
Why?
Because  In normal conversations, one does not answer to something that has
not yet been said. So it is unclear to reply to the top, whilst the original
message is at the bottom. also  consider a book is normally read from top
to bottom. Top-posting forces one to stray from this convention: Reading
some at the top, skipping to the bottom to read the question, and going back
to the top to continue.


I think  the real reason why  some people like top posting they are
too  lazy to  cut and  snip irrelevant text.
Do most blind people eat there dinner with their fingers, on the grounds
it's easier  than using a knive and fork?

So just because  a task is easer,  doens t make it  better.
Regards,
Derek

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