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

John, I totally agree with you. I see no point in reading earlier posts
before seeing the new one; it wastes more time and is a lot of
inconvenience, particularly for those whose screen readers are set to
speak most punctuation. Thanks for your thoughts John, and I'll review
Deric's post when I come to it.
On Sat, 26 May 2007 14:28:25 +0100, "John Farley"
<john_farley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> 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
> 
> Contact on : (Home)
> john_farley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         or : (work)
> john.farley@xxxxxxxx
> -----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
> 
> e-mail: derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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