> > Why slashes? Because in > > Thunderbird (and I thought it was standard, whereas I am probably > wrong) > > the following applies: _underline_, *bold*, /italics/. Since > _underline_ > > is for links and *bold* is for emphasis thus what remains is > /italics/ > > for emotions. > > since long before Thunderbird, i've clung to the notion that > _underscore_ indicates italics, but you've made me suddenly question > that ...
it doesn't really matter. They're all nerdisms, and using them in a photography mailing list is bad manners. Nerds very often assume that everyone else in the world is equally nerdy and knows all their nerdisms. This is one of the reasons why so many user interfaces are so irredeemably crap. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
