Re: Place Cursor At The Top

Bill Smith wrote:
I try to make sure no on has
to scroll to begin reading my reply.

Rafael writes (?)
OK.  To me that would mean your reply would be on top ... No scrolling to
begin reading.  I like that.

Diane Ross wrote

In the business setting, top posting is the norm. they want all of the
previous message quoted. In lists, you edit and reply to ****tions of the
message below the quoted text to make your answers clearer.

Rafael asks:
What are 'lists' and how do they differ from business correspondence?  I
understand that lists are replied to on the bottom.
Why whould  your answers be clearer below, at the bottom?

This correspondence reminds me of Abbot and Costello's "Who's on first?"

Rafael






On 5/8/08 8:53 PM, in article u$qeBhYsIHA.6096@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"William Smith" <mecklists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Diane Ross wrote:
> 
>> "Rafael Montserrat" wrote:
>> 
>>> OK, Michel.  That's a good site.  Here's one thing from the site I
found
>>> interesting:
>>> "Why is top posting frowned upon on a list?
>>>  Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation."
>> 
>> It depends on when you joined the conversation. :-)
>> 
>>> I do agree that mixing top and bottom can be confusing,
>> 
>> Exactly. Top vs. bottom posting and plain vs. HTML are both topics that
seem
>> to invoke a lot of emotions. It's just part of what we deal with when
there
>> are no rules. 
> 
> I love this topic! :-)
> 
> I personally don't care if something is top- or bottom- posted so long
> as I can quickly and easily identity what's being quoted and what's new.
> 
> That means I snip out what's not needed and I try to make sure no on has
> to scroll to begin reading my reply. Quoted material usually looks very
> different from new material in most newsreaders. Good snipping means the
> order of reading doesn't have to be very im****tant.
> 
> I'll call your 4 cents and raise you a nickel. ;-)