Re: OT - topposting (was: Where to discuss relational modelling?)

"Alan" <not.me_at_uhuh.rcn.com> wrote in message news:zCRvc.20433$bD4.20209_at_nwrdny02.gnilink.net...
> >
> > Could you at least please delete the stuff irrelevant to your reply?
> > This newsgroup is rather easy to read because people tend to do that.
> >
>
> I realize that bottom posting is the accepted netiquette. I just have this
> bad habit from I don't know where or when.
>
> Anyway, could someone explain to me how bottom posting is better than top
> posting (aside from "that's what everyone does")? It seems to me that
> everyone must scroll all the way to the bottom to begin reading. This
seems
> like a lot of wasted effort, and it you are on dial-up, time. I can see
> where bottopm posting makes sense if there is also in-line posting, as the
> flow is more logical, but I don't see the advantage otherwise.

Also, if you do a newsgroup search on Google, long posts only show so many liines, then you have to click a link to get the rest. Particularly annoying when people include an entire thread then bottom post. Received on Fri Jun 04 2004 - 07:25:22 CEST