[scribus] [OT] Posting style (was ... Re: Posting)
Chris Bannister
cbannister at slingshot.co.nz
Tue May 27 02:21:46 UTC 2014
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 10:28:55AM -0400, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> We also would like people to change the subject of the response when one
> is heading off in some other direction, like this is.
Done.
> The human side is that people are in a hurry.
That goes for the responder also. If the poster wants help doesn't take
the time to create an easily readible post, why should a potential
expert take out valuable time to respond when they have to scroll
through pages and pages of an untrimmed top posted message?
> The technical side is that some email clients automatically set you up
> to top post, which also contributes to posters not taking the time to
> trim down what they don't bother to read or check.
Well, the cursor has to go somewhere and it is easily movable.
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