Tim Tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In comp.lang.java.programmer Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote or quoted: >> The technial problems have been solved for over a decade. NeXT shipped >> systems that used text/richtext, which has none of the problems that >> HTML has. The problems are *social* - you've got to arrange for >> people to use mail/news readers that understand a rich text format >> that isn't a vector for viruses. > It's not HTML that has problems, it's Microsoft's crappy software.
HTML is a problem on *other* peoples crappy software as well. It wasn't designed to carry code content, but has been hacked up to do that. > Writing virus-free HTML renderers is not hard - but of course > Microsoft can still screw it up. Sure - just disable all the features that make people want to use HTML instead of something else. > Don't blame HTML for viruses - *every* document format Microsoft has > anything to do with becomes a vector for viruses. Which would mean that every open format that MS has had anything to do with comes a vector for viruses. Somehow, I'm not buying it. And HTML has more problems than just viruses - web bugs, for one. But MIME's support for external bodies gives you that anyway. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list