From: Jonathan Feinberg <jdf@...>
Date: 2001-02-20T13:40:23+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:11151] Re: Ruby Netiquitte

"Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:

> In the first place, I resent having to scroll to the bottom to add my
> comments (especially when most people nowadays put the new
> material at the top).

"I resent having to use my turn signal and wait for an safe and
opportune moment when changing lanes (especially when most people
nowadays just take their lanes at will)."

> In the second place, I have to scroll AGAIN to skip over the junk 
> I have already read.

One sometimes comes to a thread in the middle.  It's therefore useful
to have enough material (and only *enough*) quoted in order to
establish a context for the reply.

> This is the same logic that causes mail clients to put the newest 
> messages at the top. Do others do it the other way? Most recent
> at the bottom?

FWIW, that is exactly how I have my mail client configured.

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