Top Post vs Bottom Post (was: Fedora-18 -- how to install?)

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Tue, 5 Mar 2013, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 03:12:18PM -0500, Ansar Mohammed wrote:
>> I can't believe that you guys are having this conversation.
>
> I can't believe people keep top posting in HTML to a list that explicitly
> says not to.
>
>> It's not 1990. The majority of web, corporate and smartphone clients use
>> top posting.
>
> Who cares?  Just because the majority are being idiots, doesn't mean
> you should follow them.

    You beat me to it. I wasn't going to use quite those words, but the
    same sentiment.

...
>> Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to scroll down an entire email
>> thread that gets shifted bit by bit to the right on a smart phone?
>
> There isn't much to scroll when people trim appropriately.

    Exactly!!

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