It's just that you might get your inbox cramped with complaints from members whose systems crash because of messages sent in incomprehensible formats. I have seen this happen in similar groups.
Besides, I think there should be a level of general accessability maintained for users who can't afford or are unwilling to upgrade to the latest shitty system Uncle Microsoft shits out every 6 months. BJ --- In [email protected], herry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know about mac but on windows 2000/xp you don't need any > applications. Just install the fonts and the IME available on the > windows cd. > > I think everyone should post in whatever format they're comfortable > with. Accomodating for people who can't properly view japanese > characters isn't very beneficial for the group as a whole. If the > goal is to learn japanese, it might as well be the whole thing, > including kanji/kana and not half way. > > The common mistake people make is to write in kanji but leaves the > default encoding to ISO-8859 in outlook express. 8859 is the standard > english character set and it destroys the Kanji. As long as the > encoding is set properly (UTF8 or Shift-JIS), there shouldn't be any > incompatibilities. Another thing people do is that they write > japanese through Yahoo's english web site. If you want to post > japanese through Yahoo's web site, you have to use their japanese > portal. > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:41:38 +0200, Bert-Jan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Posting in Kanji/Kana is not recommended. > > > > Not everyone has this option and if they do, they are usually incompatible, > > resulting in gibberish. > > > > Having Japanese fonts installed is one thing, but few people seem to have > > Japanese Language Application (Windows) or Japanese Language Kit (Mac) > > running. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
