Re: Simple mail etiquette

On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 18:04:40 +0900
Sangwhan Moon <smoon@opera.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> I'm not going to go as far as the [1] de-facto W3C practice mail
> etiquette, but it would be great if we could keep consistency on where
> comments are posted at least within a thread.
> 
> If a thread is top posting, then keep it top posting - if it's inline,
> let's try to keep it inline. For anyone who is looking at the archives,
> the logical order from the most recent message is going to be a absolute
> mess to follow, so it would be appreciated if we could keep it that way.
> 
> (I _do_ very much prefer inline posting, but I do not plan to dictate
> nor recommend personal preferences here.)

I agree with you.
I _do_ very match prefer inline posting too.
If possible, I strongly encourage all members to use inline posting.
The reason is here.
http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Should_I_top-post_or_reply_inline.3F

I think top posting is unreadable to understand the whole context of discusstions.

Cheers,
Futomi


> This is beneficial for both people who queue up a backlog and read it
> later, and people who simply read the archives from the web.
> 
> Best regards,
> Sangwhan
> 
> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-coremob/2012Jul/0015.html

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