X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,c7651e2a193030d0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-29 19:43:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Kjetil Torgrim Homme Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [CAAN] Request for Hierarchical Category List Date: 30 Dec 2002 04:43:41 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Informatics, Univ. of Oslo, Norway Lines: 19 Message-ID: <1ry968f9xu.fsf@thrir.ifi.uio.no> References: <3e0cbfc6$0$35803$edfadb0f@dread15.news.tele.dk> <3e0e4eaf$0$26166$626a54ce@news.free.fr> <3e0faac6$0$17186$626a54ce@news.free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: thrir.ifi.uio.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1041219821 9471 129.240.65.203 (30 Dec 2002 03:43:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Dec 2002 03:43:41 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:21281 [ABCGi]: > > Well I vote "please don't top post". That's 2 to 1 so far. 3 to 1. :-) > I find the general agreement is not to top post, I've never heard > anyone say "please don't bottom post". But by all means exercise > your freedom to do whatever the hell you like :) I heard it once, from a blind lady with shoddy software. it was awkward for her to scroll past old material on her screen reader, so she preferred it to be at the bottom. never mind that some news clients, like Gnus, allow you to condense quotes into just the last line. -- Kjetil T. | read and make up your own mind | http://www.cactus48.com/truth.html