If done correctly, you don't need to jump to the end of the message, just to the place you want to reply to. An just read normally if you're not going to answer. Top posting is just adding junk at the end of the email just because the top poster is lazy and does not care a bit about other's people circumstances.
Exactly. I find mid-posting acceptable, as it really looks like you are replying. to a certain part of the email.
I don't think it's fair to say, however, that all top-posters are lazy. Many of them may just not know mailing list ettiquite or don't agree with it, however, on this list, iirc, at the beginning there was a mail sent out to the list saying that top-posting should not be done.
It increases the size of each email needlessly (people with crappy connections will be very happy) specially on long conversations.
+1
We do have threaded mail clients. If you add that to a clean conversation it makes mailing lists a pleasant experience, if not is just distracting. I for example end up not even bother reading bad formatted emails (html, repetitive top posting, thread reuse ...). You can say "I'm too old for this shit".
We *do* have threaded mail clients. Not everyone does. Some of us do not prefer them, myself included. For clients such as mutt, top-posting is very annoying and makes it difficult to follow the conversation.
Email communication is not the simplest and more natural, so if we "pervert" it, it becomes unusable in the end. Although that's probably just my opinion.
my opinion also
Again, in my opinion, is not so difficult to follow the netiquette, and it makes things a lot easier for the reader. In the end, the one who writes has to make the effort of writing the content anyway, so make it simple to read and follow ...
so yes please, follow the netiquette. no offence anyone, this did not mean to sound rude.
Oh !, and happy new year ~teammates !
Grumpy old guy over and out.
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