Re: Place Cursor At The Top

Rafael Montserrat wrote:

> 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.

Not at all. Unless you have your preview pane on bottom and very, very 
short then you shouldn't have to scroll to begin reading this reply. And 
it's on bottom.

> 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?

In addition to Diane's description I think a big difference is *when* 
messages are read. E-mail correspondence can sometimes become a 
conversation between people where they are replying almost as soon as 
they receive the messages.

Lists are conversations over a longer time and are expected to branch 
off into sub-dicsussions. That's why a newsreader that respects 
"threading by reference" and offers indented threading is valuable. 
That's why I prefer Thunderbird over Entourage for newsgroups.

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

I think that's a perfect analogy. And for all the passion that goes into 
these "discussions" the end result is sometimes worth laughing at. ;-)


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bill

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