[Bulk] RE: email list etiquette

[jlagnese at massed.net]

If you have a wheel mouse does it truly matter?
---- Original message ----

  Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:45:57 -0700
  From: "urq" <urq at pacbell.net>
  Subject: RE: [Bulk] RE: email list etiquette
  To: <quattro at audifans.com>
  >It is clear that folks on both sides of this
  issue have strong feelings.
  >
  >I would not argue that keeping things in
  chronological order can help in the
  >future should the conversation be sufficiently
  useful to keep around. In
  >reality very few threads meet this criteria ...
  IMO at least.
  >
  >Assuming that one has been following the thread,
  the subject sets the topic
  >up ... why must the reader re-read the history to
  get to the new
  >information? As you may guess, I would consider
  adding info to the bottom
  >of a response annoying.
  >
  >.... oh yes, I find message boards not to be
  worth the effort to visit ...
  >That's why I scrubside to audifans ...
  >
  >Steve Buchholz
  >"Crazy Talker"
  >
  >-----Original Message-----
  >
  >At 09:33 PM 8/22/2009, you wrote:
  >>I'm with Ed. I think the new stuff should come
  first. Reading electronic
  >>messages differs from reading a book.
  >
  >That's crazy talk. That's like hearing a
  conversation from the end
  >first, then gradually understanding what people
  are talking
  >about. It makes much more sense to have what the
  person is replying
  >to up top, and then reading the reply. That way
  you get the subject
  >of the reply first, then the reply.
  >
  >I also hate message boards where they post the
  most recent post at
  >the top. Then you have to read back and see what
  people are talking
  >about. It also makes it hard to keep up with a
  protracted
  >thread. If you have already read the first 8
  pages of a thread, it's
  >easy to know to go to the start of page 9 and
  pick up where you left
  >off. With the top post first, you have to figure
  out where the new
  >posts start, then go there and start reading up.
  >
  >
  >George Selby
  >
  >
  >
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