Re: X10 still around?

["Dennis Brothers" <mysurname@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think the diatribes against top-posting trace back to the early days of
Usenet, when news was read with host-based readers through (e.g.) VT-100
emulators (or actual VT-100s :), which simply scrolled the text that was
sent to them.  I certainly started out that way.  Those primitive readers
tended to scroll through the entire post, leaving the bottom of it visible
on the 24-line screen.  Under those circumstances, bottom-posting made
sense - it was most likely to leave the stuff you were interested in on the
screen.

More modern newsreaders, taking advantage of X/Mac/Windows technology,
display the post as an entity in a window, usually with the top initially in
view.  Using this type of reader, top-posting tends to be easier to read.

I try to match my posting style to the "culture" of the particular
newsgroup - if I see top-posters being flamed by the "regulars", I'll
bottom-post (if I remember to :); my default is to top-post, since I suspect
it's more convenient for the, say, 90% of Usenet participants who have no
axe to grind and are using simple, modern newsreaders like Outlook Express.

    - Dennis Brothers

"Dean Roddey" <droddey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:yHmXe.5108$6e1.4648@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Wayne Lundberg" <Waynelund@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:74kXe.56081$qY1.42679@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I take it that top posting is acceptable in this newsgroup?
>
> To be honest I never really thought about it, and had no idea what you
> guys were always rambling about with the 'top posting' stuff. I've been on
> newsgroups for a long time, but I guess I just wasn't paying attention. I
> always just figured if anyone wanted to know what I responding to, they'd
> look below, and I didn't want them to have to go searching for what I
> posted. But, I guess maybe people see it the other way around.
>
> And of course there's the whole thing about how what I have to say is much
> more important than the people I'm responding to, and therefore why would
> you need to even check :-)
>
> -------------------------------------
> Dean Roddey
> Chairman/CTO, Charmed Quark Systems
> www.charmedquark.com
>
>