2 Jan
2014
2 Jan
'14
6:16 p.m.
On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:47:02 +0100
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf(a)alice-dsl.net> wrote:
On Thu, 2014-01-02 at 16:39 +0000, Will Godfrey
wrote:
Indeed. I have no idea why this particular bit of typical MS UX design
seemed to catch on, but it did. It's hugely wasteful of bandwidth, but
allowed them to get around having to properly implement threading. Whoever
decieded to include by default every email in the thread should be forced
to program COBOL for the rest of their days. Whoever decided to propogate
that insanity on other clients should have to debug that COBOL code.
The first mail reader to use top posting by
default was Outlook
That's it. Full ACK.
. . .
The reason in the end for the wrong posting style always is
Outlook/Outlook express. The reason in the end for the wrong posting style
always is
Outlook/Outlook express.
Anybody using Outlook/Outlook express?
I believe the express version is no longer available, though I'm sure
it exists in the field.
Add me to the list of people considering top-posting indefensible.
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