I use Mail in 10.6 but I have it set to display rich text. Now I see why it's hated. On Mar 17, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > On Mar 17, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Alex Barnes wrote: > >> Oh. So is that why the nannies say no to rich text? > > You'll have to ask them. It's a long-standing rule on the LEM lists, and > frankly, I've rarely seen any instance where rich text adds any useful > information, and when you have a mashed up mixture of three text replies and > two different Rich text ones, one of which renders as 3-point script 27 > inches wide on the screen you'll learn to despise that particular abomination. > > And Dog help us if some idiot replies from their work account using Exchange > which decides to send out an unusable winmail.dat file because Microsoft > "Declare darkness a standard" thinks that everyone in the world uses Outlook. > > Not to mention what happens when it's a digest you're attempting to read. > > You seem to not understand that not everyone reads this list in the Gmail web > interface; some of us use *real* email clients. > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
