On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Srihari k <harisult...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, nishandh M <pro.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "Why differential emphasis of text?" : (these are known facts, but needs > to > > be elaborated, owing to the solid NO-RTF/HTML cry in the posts): > > > > When we make a post considering an extended range of readers,(from the > busy > > contributors to --especially-- the newbie user) , we may have to expand a > > lot. A long post is not preferred in Mailing List, and giving some > emphasis > > to relevant part of it makes it easier for the busy men. > > > > Ways to asssert emphasis to parts of text: > > make Bold, Italics, connect with underscore, alter colour, give highlight > > etc > > *bold* /italics/ _underline_ -- this much stuff would be enough for a > mailing list i suppose. This ain't a love letter to be colorful. > > [snip] > > > > Now if some people want to use Stone age software to read the > communications > > which exploits possibility of 21st century protocols and compliant > > softwares, it absolutely OK for them to. [i havent had a single drop of > 21st > > century allopathic medicine in my blood stream for some 6 years] > Everybody > > has the right to adopt their ways and declare it, but no right to force > it. > > DONT YOU DARE call my phone stone age.Though it is a low-end nokia > phone.It _definitely_ compliant to the '''21st century protocols'''. > @think about the context.Is your fone compliant with internet protocols? > > forgot to say BOLD TEXT is supposed to be shouting. > > > Crying out to stop RTF/HTML as such would be a bad idea. Some days ago, > > 'Kerala Farmer' conducted a survey in this Mailing List, which had > 'bold's > > in it. It attracted no irritation to bold_italics_underlines. Because its > > beautifully done,unlike my ways of RTFing. We can see some very > productive > > improvements made to increase the survey's user friendliness there. > > > > -- > Srihari K > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- #//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////# "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" Leonardo da Vinci #//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////# -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
