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From: "Adam Pendse" <adampendse@...> 
Date: Mon May 13, 2002 9:55am 
Subject: RE: [LUG] [GEN] Quoting style  



> Please note here the important thing is "context".   The villian in the
> piece is of course "Microsoft".   Since the advent of large
> numbers of Outlook,

Its makes pure sense to me the way Outlook handles replies. I can edit the
quoted section and type my reply (just as i am doing here) with ease and
speed.

> The common programs that use Top Posting are all Microsoft applications.
> By default they place the cursor at the top of the edit screen.  This
> means that in an extended thread of email or news postings, all the
> contextual information is now located at the BOTTOM of the editor,
> with the cursor at the top, by default enticing the composer of the
> message to start typing away.

Hardly. It is absolutely logical in my mind to place the cursor at the top
of a reply. I may want to preface the quote with some words etc. Doesnt
placing the cursor at the bottom of the quote encourage untrimmed quotes in
messages just the same as top posting?
Personally i find Outlook to be the best mail/life organiser ever made!
People can just be lazy - simple!

cheers,
Adam P