Re: [tlug] HTML email [was: Pre-installed linux?]

[Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@??>]

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:08:17 +0900, "Lyle H Saxon"
<llletters@??> wrote:

> 1) I write to a lot of older people with bad eyesight who are also not
> very tech savvy.  Using HTML, I can select a font, size and color that
> will be easier for them to read than plain text.

That argument falls flat on its face with Outlook Express's now default
setting (as it has been for several years now) to read mail in plain
text, completely ignoring the HTML component.

> 2) Hard returns at the end of every line!  I hate them!  With HTML,
> the sentences within a paragraph wrap.  I have software to remove hard
> returns, but a full paragraph without them is easier to work with.

That argument falls flat on its face with any modern MUA that wraps
intelligently as you type - Christ, even OE and OL can do that with an
add-on called "QuoteFix".

> Now, before you reload and fire ten more rounds my way, let me again
> say *I'm on board mate! I'm on board!*

No problem. I'm just pointing out that the two reasons why you still
seem to cling to HTML mail both ceased to exist years ago.

--
G. Stewart - godwin.stewart@??

Let's call it an accidental feature.
            -- Larry Wall

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