On 2021-01-17 21:25:29 +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día domingo, enero 17, 2021 a las 12:23:23p. m. -0700, David G. Johnston > escribió: > > > Its 2021; > > Yes, and for what this argument is good for? Is 2021 better than 2020 or > even worth?
It's not about being better, but about what infrastructure or capabilities you can expect. In 1990, MIME didn't exist. E-Mail was by definition US-ASCII text (except for uuencode or by private arrangement). People often used text terminals and may not have any Internet access. In 2000, MIME existed, some MUAs supported HTML (at quite different levels), most people who had Email also had Internet (though they might not stay online while reading mail to save phone costs) and they would typically read mail on a bitmapped display (though possibly in a terminal emulator). In 2021, MIME is actually implemented correctly in most MUAs, HTML/CSS is very widely supported (but not nearly at the level supported by browsers), most people (well, their devices) are online 24x7, and terminal emulators are still a thing (I write this in vim called from mutt in an xterm). Oh, and any bandwidth wasted by HTML or images is negligible compared to cat videos. OTOH, they might read the mail on a device with a very small screen and an atrocious "keyboard". Or use a MUA which can't quote correctly. So my expectations on what a recipient can or cannot read or how they can format their mails are somewhat different than they were in 1990 or 2000 or 2010. They will again be different in 2030. > > if an image is useful for the topic at hand (say designing a > > system and having a diagram showing that design) then that image should be > > allowed. > > If someone needs really an image to show a problem, it can be put on > some server and the link could be posted, like this one showing a PANIC > of a system http://www.unixarea.de/fbsd-panic-20210110.jpg That has the disadvantage of not being archived. hp -- _ | Peter J. Holzer | Story must make more sense than reality. |_|_) | | | | | h...@hjp.at | -- Charles Stross, "Creative writing __/ | http://www.hjp.at/ | challenge!"
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