Re[2]: composing richtext messages?

2002-07-19 Thread Bernd Gauweiler
TF> Both examples are valid. This could also be achieved with HTML, but TF> look what people do with it. Let's not invent aeroplanes since people might use them in war, is that what you're saying? I promote progress for the sake of improvement. In the case of richtext mailing, the improvements

Re: composing richtext messages?

2002-07-19 Thread Thomas F
Hello Bernd, On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 07:55:29 +0100 GMT (19/07/02, 13:55 +0700 GMT), Bernd Gauweiler wrote: BG> It always amazes me how many people only associate the use of text BG> attributes and different fonts as a means for yelling, annoying BG> decorations, and so forth. Because this is what

Re[2]: composing richtext messages?

2002-07-19 Thread Bernd Gauweiler
TF> Please, don't do it to me. If you want to enhance a word in an email, TF> do it by writing a context that makes me understand "why", not just by TF> yelling it at me. It always amazes me how many people only associate the use of text attributes and different fonts as a means for yelling, anno

Re: composing richtext messages?

2002-07-18 Thread Nick Andriash
Hello Sudip Pokhrel, In Reference to your Posting on Thursday, July 18 2002 at 06:30 PM PDT, > NA> it would be nice to use bolded text, or underline, or colour a > NA> certain word, or even change the point size of a word... > Does Rich Text guarantee WYSIWYG at both ends? No, but using Fixed

Re: composing richtext messages?

2002-07-18 Thread Sudip Pokhrel
Hi Nick, On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 09:58:51 -0700 GMT (Jul 18, 22:43 my local time), you [NA] wrote: NA> it would be nice to use bolded text, or underline, or colour a NA> certain word, or even change the point size of a word... Does Rich Text guarantee WYSIWYG at both ends? -- Cheers, Sudip

Re: composing richtext messages?

2002-07-18 Thread Dierk Haasis
Hello Thomas! On Thursday, July 18, 2002 at 7:37:13 PM you wrote: > I disagree. Maybe that's because when I was at school (which is many > winters ago), we learned that a good writing style includes to make > yourself understood without all this. Even without parenthesis and all > those neat lit

Re: composing richtext messages?

2002-07-18 Thread Thomas F
Hello Nick, On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 09:58:51 -0700 GMT (18/07/02, 23:58 +0700 GMT), Nick Andriash wrote: NA> I agree as well... it would be nice to use bolded text, or underline, or NA> colour a certain word, or even change the point size of a word... I disagree. Maybe that's because when I was at

Re: composing richtext messages?

2002-07-18 Thread Nick Andriash
Hello Bernd Gauweiler, In Reference to your Posting on Thursday, July 18 2002 at 12:48 AM PDT, > To the vast majority of email users, competent or not, plain text > mailing looks exactly like what it is: plain. Outdated. I agree as well... it would be nice to use bolded text, or underline, or c

Re[2]: composing richtext messages?

2002-07-18 Thread Bernd Gauweiler
BK> Suggestion: Perhaps the richtext viewer could auto underline words BK> like _this_ or auto-bold words like *this* ? Just a thought. I have no interest there; I usually disable all auto-formatting promptly. My desire was to compose and send richtext messages, so that richtext-aware recipient

Re: composing richtext messages?

2002-07-18 Thread Ben Kennish
Hi Bernd, On Thursday, July 18, 2002, 7:44:05 AM, you [BG] wrote: BG> Since you asked: Richtext, because it allows for formatting (like HTML), BG> but doesn't allow for potentially dangerous active content (unlike BG> HTML). I have always felt that Richtext email should be more popular but alas

Re: composing richtext messages?

2002-07-17 Thread Sudip Pokhrel
Hi Bernd, On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 07:44:05 +0100 GMT (Jul 18, 12:29 my local time), you [BG] wrote: BG> but I fail to find an option that allows me to compose and send BG> richtext (as opposed to plain text) messages. That's because there aren't any. TB! is a plain text client. BG> Any known plans

composing richtext messages?

2002-07-17 Thread Bernd Gauweiler
I understand I can set the TB! message viewer to view richtext and HTML messages, but I fail to find an option that allows me to compose and send richtext (as opposed to plain text) messages. Am I overlooking something? Any known plans for a future release? Since you asked: Richtext, because it