On 29-Jan-2010, at 12:25, John C. Welch wrote:
> 
> On 1/29/10 2:16 PM, "LuKreme" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> That does bring up a suggestion though. Even when viewing in 'plain text' it
>> might be useful if that 'plain text' somehow preserved <strong> <em> <b> and
>> <i> tags for displaying?
> 
> While I can agree with the intent, I think that becomes a real morass,
> because now you start creating fuzzy definitions of “plain text”. “That way
> lies madness” comes to mind as the potential when you do that.

I agree it's problematic.

Display message as :
  [ Plain Text ]
  [ Text with formatting ]
  [ Convert to Markdown/HTML ]
  [ HTML / Choose based on sender ]

option 2 does the bold italic stuff, option 3 (the one I would likely use) 
converts the mail to markdown (from either HTML or plain text) and then renders 
that via Markdown -> HTML.

The last would display the 'best' option, plain text if that was all that was 
sent, and HTML or Rich Text if provided.


-- 
Everything that was magical was just a way of describing the world in words it 
couldn't ignore. --Pyramids

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