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Posted by optimistx on 04/21/06 17:57
You have a refreshing bold opinion :), thanks.
And of course, there is an alternative top- AND bottompost, like this. Doing
so, are we enemies of everyone, friends of everyone, or ...
A rfc of some basic politeness should be designed here. People giving
instructions to computers start behaving like computers to each other,
giving orders, commands.
"Bill" <fred_barney@bigmailbox.net> kirjoitti viestissδ
news:67udnda2pe8RbdXZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@dejazzd.com...
> <rant>
> I know I'm going to regret this and may loose any help but I get tired of
> self styled net etiquette cops who just have to feel superior to someone
by
> using the 'don't top post' blurb. Guess what, it's an individual decision
> which I've consciously made. I've followed many a news group thread where
> you have to scroll down to the bottom of a 3 or 4 screen length post just
> to read a "Me too" addition. Please don't respond with that tired old
"This
> is how it has always been done since the dawn of Usenet" sound bite, it
was
> old 10 years ago and now it's getting so long in the tooth it should be
put
> out of its misery. If I read a post that is bottom posted or, God forbid,
> mixed in with the original post I don't complain to the poster, I adapt.
> I've seen some real doozies with the inline postings too, no snipping and
> one word answers inserted in a 3 page post, gack, talk about playing spot
> the reply. All in all there are three "Standards" in posting, top, inline
> and bottom, pick one and move on with your life but don't take it on
> yourself to "force" your preferences on others.
> </rant>
>
> Now just to be fair minded scroll down for my original reply to this post.
>
> "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
> news:4448e93e$0$3690$cb0e7fc6@news.centralva.net...
> > Bill wrote:
> > > Funny you should mention different browsers. I'm just now going
through
> and
> > > testing on different browsers and low and behold the code works
> perfectly on
> > > Opera 8.54. So far the code doesn't work in IE 6, Netscape 8.1 or
> Mozilla
> > > Firefox 1.5. Can you point me at something newer that will produce
the
> same
> > > effect? I originally did not like the effect on the source page but
> > > changing the message to a 5 letter one gives a nice visual I'd like to
> keep.
> >
> > Please don't top post.
> >
> > Answer to your question, not offhand but personally I find such
> > 'effects' annoying in real short order. I can give you a hint in your
> > search, if you do not see 'document.getElementById' in the script then
> > skip it because it is an old 4x browser script.
> >
> > --
> > Take care,
> >
> > Jonathan
> > -------------------
> > LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
> > http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
>
>
> Thanks for the heads up, I never realized that the code was probably for
an
> older browser. Could I use the 'document.getElementById' somewhere to
> supply the correct coords or will this take a complete rewrite to get it
up
> to the newer browsers?
>
> Bill
>
>
(For lovers of bottomposting:)
You have a refreshing bold opinion :), thanks.
And of course, there is an alternative top- AND bottompost, like this. Doing
so, are we enemies of everyone, friends of everyone, or ...
A rfc of some basic politeness should be designed here. People giving
instructions to computers start behaving like computers to each other,
giving orders, commands.
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