Surely it would make more sense to place the replies alongside the original text so both can be perused at the same time. On 16 June 2014 13:23, Richard R. Pope wrote: > Rossano, > You are right on point in your reply. I would much rather spend my > time writing about other subjects. When you are disabled and in a lot of > pain every movement and keystroke hurts. The original format was to > place replies at the top of the message. Putting a reply in the middle > of a post is appropriate when it enhances the readability. But bottom > posted replies do nothing but waste time and energy. You scroll down > through dozens of lines and here is a one line response that means > nothing. Argh! That is very frustrating so I don't read messages where a > reply is posted on the bottom. This means that the person posted the > original message is possibly losing out because of plain rudeness. > I am a right and wrong, black and white, law and order person. No I > am not going to go there as that is getting in to politics. And yes > spell checkers work but like most things in this world you have to use > common sense. If you have just randomly added words without checking > them you will end up with a spell checker that is no better than a bunch > of monkeys randomly typing on a bunch of typewriters. I am not referring > to you personally. I appreciate your time. > Thanks, > rich! > > On 6/16/2014 7:05 AM, Rossano Gobbi wrote: > > Wasn't all the discussion that took place about top VS bottom > symptomatic of what the internet has become (meaning: a huge flow of > useless data and some drop of useful things) ? > > > > Back in the days when bytes and kilobytes were not easy to send people > "wasted" them talking about where you should write your reply (instead of > writing replies about interesting subjects). Wait: I see why it seems > important to many, and understand pros and cons of both top and bottom (a= nd > center! oh gosh!) posting. But to me it's just nonsense. Time that you, > them and I could spend in better ways. > > > > Rossano > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .