Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 My frustration is somewhat similar to Lee. I would appreciate if people would write their responses at the top of the email. When using the screen reader as a blind person, I am repeatedly hearing " Down arrow, down arrow, down arrow " in my effort to locate the message. Please type your message at the beginning of the email. Thanks. Alice, how are you doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 > > My frustration is somewhat similar to Lee. I would appreciate if people > would write their responses at the top of the email. When using the screen > reader as a blind person, I am repeatedly hearing " Down arrow, down arrow, > down arrow " in my effort to locate the message. Please type your message at > the beginning of the email. Thanks. Alice, how are you doing? > One reason I don't top-post is because I'm trying to follow netiquette rules. If you google " top posting netiquette " you get many hits on this subject. The net of it is, trim stuff you are quoting to a mininum. Here's a link to this topic: http://ursine.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Top_Posting I hate the fact don't give me more control over posting, they wrap lines at inappropriate breaks in their website and make it hard to trim properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 I try to top post and cut or omit previous messages on lists where I know blind readers use screen readers and such. Nan Rosen _www.rosetwig.com_ (http://www.rosetwig.com/) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Now this is interesting. I wonder how many people actually practice thiis particular form of 'netiquette'. I am a sort of geek, and am online a lot, have been for years. Belong to many sites, forums, lists and groups, plus have a group of my own on MSN. I always 'top-post'. That way the reply is right above the message that you're replying to. Just seems easier for eyeryone, stops the infernal, endless scrolling. And, if you're on groups or lists where people are using JAWS or some other program for the blind, top-posting really helps them. Binns ----Original Message Follows---- From: " Jeff s " <jeff1132@...> Reply- Subject: Re: Speaking up....... Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:10:52 -0000 > > My frustration is somewhat similar to Lee. I would appreciate if people > would write their responses at the top of the email. When using the screen > reader as a blind person, I am repeatedly hearing " Down arrow, down arrow, > down arrow " in my effort to locate the message. Please type your message at > the beginning of the email. Thanks. Alice, how are you doing? > One reason I don't top-post is because I'm trying to follow netiquette rules. If you google " top posting netiquette " you get many hits on this subject. The net of it is, trim stuff you are quoting to a mininum. Here's a link to this topic: http://ursine.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Top_Posting I hate the fact don't give me more control over posting, they wrap lines at inappropriate breaks in their website and make it hard to trim properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Jeff, Have you tried email Stripper? This may be a solution for you. On every on-line forum I belong to, they post at the top. If the visually impaired users request we reply at the top then I think we should accommodate them. http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm Best regards, Jim > > > > My frustration is somewhat similar to Lee. I would appreciate if people > > would write their responses at the top of the email. When using the > screen > > reader as a blind person, I am repeatedly hearing " Down arrow, down > arrow, > > down arrow " in my effort to locate the message. Please type your > message at > > the beginning of the email. Thanks. Alice, how are you doing? > > > > One reason I don't top-post is because I'm trying to follow netiquette > rules. If you google " top posting netiquette " you get many hits on > this subject. The net of it is, trim stuff you are quoting to a > mininum. Here's a link to this topic: > > http://ursine.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Top_Posting > > I hate the fact don't give me more control over posting, > they wrap lines at inappropriate breaks in their website and make it > hard to trim properly. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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