The whole point is that an email should read like a court transcript. Some knucklehead(s) (probably Microsoft) gave users the option, then convenience crept in.
Who wants to scroll all the way to the bottom? Turns out nobody; I don't want to.
Now, emails read like a transcript - but in reverse.
Google, as we all know, is very standards-compliant, tribe. They have imposed a default 'bottom post' style in Gmail. I can't remember, or find the RFC that describes it, but I don't remember ever having seen a rule in an RFC either. The fact that they do this implies someone originally had an intent though.
Should it matter as long as the message was communicated?
The whole point is that an email should read like a court transcript. Some knucklehead(s) (probably Microsoft) gave users the option, then convenience crept in.
Who wants to scroll all the way to the bottom? Turns out nobody; I don't want to.
Now, emails read like a transcript - but in reverse.
Google, as we all know, is very standards-compliant, tribe. They have imposed a default 'bottom post' style in Gmail. I can't remember, or find the RFC that describes it, but I don't remember ever having seen a rule in an RFC either. The fact that they do this implies someone originally had an intent though.
Should it matter as long as the message was communicated?