Should IDs be put at the end? (question)

bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison) writes:

>    I would rather see a post with an ID than without.  It helps to know 
> if it's a request, pic, talk, etc.  But they are in your face at the 
> beginning of the line.
>    How about if we put them at the end (except on long subject linss)?  
> Maybe in (), or not.  It would be there, but be out of the way.  This 
> makes sense if most readers don't always need to look at it.  What do you 
> think?

I quite like them.  It lets me do a quick scan of the post list and decide what
I want to see, instead of having to wade through the whole lot.

I wish some other newsgroups adopted this approach.

Jazz
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