Top-Posting Vs. Bottom-Posting

[Neil]

I received a message in another newsgroup saying that I shouldn't top-post
my replies. I always top-post, because I feel it's easier for the reader to
see the reply, rather than having to go to the bottom of the previous
message. But, since this is the main newsgroup I post in, I thought I'd ask
its members, especially Sir Larry, what the preferred method is (if any).
Here are the links the fellow provided me:

<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>
<http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html >
<http://www.netmeister. org/news/learn2quote.htm l>
<http://cfaj.freeshell. org/google/ (taming google)
<http://members.fortune city.com/nnqweb/ (newusers)

Do you guys agree or disagree or don't care?

Thanks,

Neil

[Neil]

"Salad" <oi*@vinegar.co mwrote in message
news:13******** *****@corp.supe rnews.com...

Neil wrote:

>>>>My newsreader? I just use Outlook Express.

Well, that might explain why you are confused, since you're using
substandar d tools to post.

:-D I love Outlook Express. Why substandard?

I used OE...once. Which reminds me of the movie Johnny Dangerously and
the character Danny Vermin.

You shouldn't grab me, Johnny. My mother grabbed me once... ONCE!

You shouldn't kick me in the balls, Mrs. Kelly. My sister kicked me in the
balls once... [Stumbles in pain]

You shouldn't hang me on a hook, Johnny. My father hung me on a hook once.
Once!

You shouldn't have shot me, Johnny. My grandmother shot me once...

OK, well, that was very entertaining. But, apart from what you don't use,
why don't you tell us what you DO use? Thanks.

[Salad]

Neil wrote:

"Salad" <oi*@vinegar.co mwrote in message
news:13******** *****@corp.supe rnews.com...

>>Neil wrote:

>>>>>My newsreader? I just use Outlook Express.

Well, that might explain why you are confused, since you're using
substanda rd tools to post.
:-D I love Outlook Express. Why substandard?

I used OE...once. Which reminds me of the movie Johnny Dangerously and
the character Danny Vermin.

You shouldn't grab me, Johnny. My mother grabbed me once... ONCE!

You shouldn't kick me in the balls, Mrs. Kelly. My sister kicked me in the
balls once... [Stumbles in pain]

You shouldn't hang me on a hook, Johnny. My father hung me on a hook once.
Once!

You shouldn't have shot me, Johnny. My grandmother shot me once...

OK, well, that was very entertaining. But, apart from what you don't use,
why don't you tell us what you DO use? Thanks.

Me? I use an old version of Netscape. It's good for email and
newsgroups. Not so good with the web anymore so I use Firefox. I'd
probably use Forte News Agent when Netscape won't work anymore or else
look at the variety of offering out there and determine what's best for
my needs.

I abandoned OE after trying it...once.

I'm not crazy about graphic style sites like Google. Their search
engine isn't as good as it used to be, too many duplicates of the same
message appear, messages irrelevent to a group I search on are
displayed. I'm not sure what the next best search engine for newsgroups
is tho.

[DavidB]

Form over content is a horrid thing. Thats the whole root of the
terrible concept of HTML in email! The real discussion should be
using "Vs" instead of "v". :)

On Nov 22, 2:23 am, "Neil" <nos...@nospam. netwrote:

I received a message in another newsgroup saying that I shouldn't top-post
my replies. I always top-post, because I feel it's easier for the reader to
see the reply, rather than having to go to the bottom of the previous
message. But, since this is the main newsgroup I post in, I thought I'd ask
its members, especially Sir Larry, what the preferred method is (if any).

Here are the links the fellow provided me:

<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>
<http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html >
<http://www.netmeister. org/news/learn2quote.htm l>
<http://cfaj.freeshell. org/google/ (taming google)
<http://members.fortune city.com/nnqweb/ (newusers)

Do you guys agree or disagree or don't care?

Thanks,

Neil

[David W. Fenton]

Salad <oi*@vinegar.co mwrote in
news:13******** *****@corp.supe rnews.com:

I'd
probably use Forte News Agent when Netscape won't work anymore

Try xNews.

--
David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

[David W. Fenton]

"Keith Wilby" <he**@there.com wrote in
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"David W. Fenton" <XX*******@dfen ton.com.invalid wrote in message
news:Xn******** *************** ***********@66. 250.146.128...

>"Neil" <no****@nospam. netwrote in
news:O5******* *********@newss vr21.news.prodi gy.net:

>>My newsreader? I just use Outlook Express.

Well, that might explain why you are confused, since you're using
substandard tools to post.

I think it's perfectly adequate for a very simple task.

It's an OK email reader, but as a news reader it's definitely
substandard. It lacks basic features that Telnet-based newsreaders
had 20 years ago.

--
David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

[David W. Fenton]

"Neil" <no****@nospam. netwrote in
news:h%******** ******@newssvr2 2.news.prodigy. net:

So, tell me:
what do you use?

Somewhere along the line in this thread I already noted that I use
xNews, and have done so for a rather long time (since before 2000).

--
David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

[Keith Wilby]

"David W. Fenton" <XX*******@dfen ton.com.invalid wrote in message
news:Xn******** *************** ***********@64. 209.0.94...

"Keith Wilby" <he**@there.com wrote in
news:47******** **@glkas0286.gr eenlnk.net:

>I think it's perfectly adequate for a very simple task.

It's an OK email reader, but as a news reader it's definitely
substandard. It lacks basic features that Telnet-based newsreaders
had 20 years ago.

I did use XNews for a while a few years back, I think that and OE are much
of a muchness. No doubt XNews has improved since I last used it.