F8(1) vs multimedia production(0)

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 17:38 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 17:44 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 19:53 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 00:01 +0000, g wrote:
> > > > switch to gmail and set up configurations.
> > > 
> > > Gmail also encourages top-posting, though at least the quoting mechanism
> > > is a bit more standard.
> > 
> > It could also be said that it encourages the user to start at the top,
> > to remove all the cruft, as you go downwards to where you compose your
> > reply. 
> > 
> > Otherwise the lazy would start at the bottom and just add their
> > two-cents without removing extraneous text.
> 
> At the moment most of them start at the top and don't remove the
> extraneous text, which by some lights is worse.
> 
> > It's all in the
> > perspectives. But for someone to say "I top-post because Gmail made me
> > do it!", has some real problems with the up-arrow / down-arrow keys.
> 
> Nobody says it because they don't even notice. We've been over all this
> before days ago Ric (read the rest of the thread).

I'm just catching up to the thread today. :) Ric