F8(1) vs multimedia production(0)

[Les Mikesell]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 10:43 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> [...]
>> None of the above. The choice is all up to you.  The policies don't 
>> determine the location of what you post any more than they determine the 
>> content.
> 
> You seem to have completely missed the point of what I'm saying. I am
> *not* in any way suggesting that the default cursor location is a
> limitation. How could it be? The very idea is ridiculous. What I *am*
> saying is that certain policies encourage certain behaviour. IMHO the
> incidence of top-posting on this and other lists is in some degree
> caused by these policies, since many users simply can't be bothered
> moving the cursor from its default position.
> 
> That's all.

But the top is the correct position for anyone who intends to move 
logically through a document, changing it to what they want it to 
become.  If you don't intend to do that, and as you suggest, there are 
people who don't, there's not much a program can do about it.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com