F8(1) vs multimedia production(0)

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 12:10 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 10:43 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> > [...]
> >> None of the above. The choice is all up to you.  The policies don't 
> >> determine the location of what you post any more than they determine the 
> >> content.
> > 
> > You seem to have completely missed the point of what I'm saying. I am
> > *not* in any way suggesting that the default cursor location is a
> > limitation. How could it be? The very idea is ridiculous. What I *am*
> > saying is that certain policies encourage certain behaviour. IMHO the
> > incidence of top-posting on this and other lists is in some degree
> > caused by these policies, since many users simply can't be bothered
> > moving the cursor from its default position.
> > 
> > That's all.
> 
> But the top is the correct position for anyone who intends to move 
> logically through a document, changing it to what they want it to 
> become.  If you don't intend to do that, and as you suggest, there are 
> people who don't, there's not much a program can do about it.

Going round in circles I think. If people aren't going to bother, is it
not preferable to leave the cursor at the bottom? If they are going to
bother, you just mentioned in another post that this is a keystroke away
(something I didn't know).

poc