On 1/29/10 9:41 AM, "Ian Eiloart" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> If a writer uses bold and italic for emphasis, like I added to your >>>> statement above, it's not your place to remove that and strip his text >>>> of meaning and context. >>> >>> If a writer uses bold and italic for emphasis, then I won't see it. >> >> Yes, and then when you send it back, especially if that formatting had a >> reason, it will look like plain text ass. Because nothing matters more >> than PLAIN TEXT UBER ALLES >> >> Sometimes, the plain text people, a cult you sound like. > > Not a cult, just someone who has a choice - read the plain text part or > deal with the completely ridiculous choices that most HTML composers make. > I won't see the emphasis because I don't view the html. 99% of the HTML > messages that I *have* seen contain zero user-selected formatting. All they > achieve is making the text too small for me. Ah, the old, "because <thing> is often not used well, we should ignore <thing> and not ever try to do it well, because it's been abused in the past." Thankfully, medicine and science don't use that as foundational logic. > > Of course, if HTML composition were always done right, I'd change my > preferences. But it almost never is, so I don't. I have a shiny quarter right now that says you'd rather eat glass than do that. -- John C. Welch Writer/Analyst Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
