On 11/14/03 10:00 PM, "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Go ahead and use HTML, Richard. Yours are always very tasteful. It' true >> that there are some people who have these quasi-religious objections to it >> that you've just seen here. Puritans. so once in a while you'll offend >> someone, I suppose. You probably don't have too many friends with that sort >> of objection-on-principle. It's mostly only old-time usenet geeks who feel >> that way. I wonder if they bleach their magazines too, and watch only >> black-and-white TV. > > I have no problem getting the 1st HTML email, it is the reply to a reply to > a reply that I take issue with, there is no way to tell who said what at > all, even if you strip out the html the plain text portion does not inherit > proper ownership of text based on indenting. 90% of HTML email problems are caused by the lack of an EmTML standard. So, we get the whole HTML boat...I'm waiting for a DHTML message. Once that happens, I'm going to houston, sitting in the middle of the street between two Starbucks across the street from each other and getting quietly drunk as the world ends around me. I would really LOVE to see anyone take this bull by the horns. For example...thinks like text styling can be useful. Bold, italic, underline, these are all part of how you show different emphasis. Changing text alignment, lists, (bulleted and otherwise), even text colors. These can all help show clear meaning. Background color changes? Ummm...no. I don't think I need any more hot pink backgrounds from various elderly relatives who think it's cute. (I just deal...I'm not telling an 80 year old woman that she's wrong for green text and a pink background.) But, because no one wants to deal with how to do it correctly, we mostly get it wrong. john -- "For the operators, whom a wise commander uses with great skill and forethought, and whom the fool throws away in ignorance and contempt." - Greg Walker (Dedication - At the Hurricane's Eye) -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
