Adobe CS3

Jeff Schwab jeff at schwabcenter.com
Tue Feb 26 17:17:50 EST 2008


D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:58:53 -0800
> Tobiah <toby at tobiah.org> wrote:
>>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>> But then again, when just adding a quip to a long thread in which
>> the readers have already seen the previous comments, top posting
>> can be an advantage to the reader.
> 
> Unless, of course, you know how to trim quoted text.

And unless the reader (like me) tends to scroll immediately to the 
bottom of the post anyway, without looking for a one-line comment at the 
top.



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