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Exactly. Having to scroll 4 pages to see a method name is pretty much
overkill in my opinion :-)

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<Matt Osborn> wrote in message
news:p77a51tt1tuns9basr15fdno5hvi3b7a2o@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 12:27:46 +0100, "Simon Trew"
> <noneofyour@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>If you're expecting everyone to use a perfect threaded tree view, why
>>bother
>>including the original post at all?
>>
>
> For those few who do not?
>
> I, for one, prefer top posting unless the conversation makes many
> different points that need to be answered "in line" which isn't bottom
> posting anyway.
>
> Times are changing and our tools and policies need to change with
> them. If I can't see the beginning of the response within my preview
> window, the post is ignored in most cases. There are too many posts
> not worth reading at all to bother with the scrolling down just to
> find another waste of time.


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