Re: Importing data into Contacts on PPC

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From: AlanS (news_at_remove.abyz.fslife.co.uk)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:17:47 +0100

Top or bottom- who cares as long as it is consistent.

It's the jumping up and down to try and follow a thread that is a pain, and
if you can't be bothered to scroll down in a post that flows properly in
order that's up to you. It's harder to follow that inconsistency than just
look at the bottom (or top).

btw You already started this offshoot of the thread.

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:g3vfl0dv6h1uhtssnq03fgqj44p9u0nu3v@4ax.com...
> Back to this one again :
>
> I'm far less likely to read a few comments posted at the bottom of a
> long thread. Thats because I tire of scrolling down 400+ lines of
> replies on replies in many posts, to see a one line comment. Lets face
> it, people rarely trim threads ;-p
>
> All newsreaders I've seen open a thread with the first lines of the
> newspost at the top of the page. Thats where replies should go IMHO.
>
> Let the troll begin ;-)
>
> Cheers - Neil
>

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