Hi Allie, On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, at 07:07:44 [GMT -0500] (which was 5:07 AM where I live) you wrote: A> Yeah. A good technical argument rather than all the other A> philosophical and hyped ones that I had seen until then.
Well, philosophically, I don't want it either! <grin> A> OTOH, one wonders, why implement anything at all then if we look at A> it in that depressingly unsurmountable all-or-none fashion. If it's an e-mail function, then go for it. I'd just much rather have RITLabs sink 200 hours into IMAP rather than HTML functionality. IMAP belongs to e-mail, HTML doesn't. A> The original request was about retrieving images on a per message A> basis with the ability to configure such behaviour. Now it has gone A> into TB! being able to render and display everything a browser can, A> now, and for the future. It would have gone there anyway. First getting images displayed, and then getting HTML e-mail to display the way the author intended it (we've already seen those requests), and then we can't just have half the equation, people will want the ability to generate HTML e-mail (they already can to a certain degree), and if we do that, not only does TB have to be able to display HTML according to standards, but it's got to be able to write it too. Look at all the WYSIWYG editors that already exist that are solely for the purpose of HTML editing. If they can't get it right, how is RITLabs going to get it right without dedicating ungodly hours to it. Hours which could be spent on IMAP, plugin API etc. I remember saying ages ago, that I would like to see the plugin API really fleshed out, and then people could write an HTML plugin if they wanted. A> Most clients with very good HTML mail displaying capabilities A> either use the IE rendering engine or are part of an established A> browser, i.e., Operamail or Mozilla/ThunderBird. Exactly.... Tie in to the crippled and immensely vulnerable IE which to RITLabs everlasting credit, did *not* do. Or write their own. They wrote their own, and that means if they are going to do it right in TB, then there will be a BatWeb browser product on the market soon enough. I don't need another browser. There's a whole boatload of them to choose from. What I want is a really good e-mail program that isn't interested in trying to be the alpha and the omega! -- Leif -:- TB Lists Moderator -:- PGP Key ID 0x7CD4926F Tagline of the day: Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population. Roguemoticons - http://www.PCWize.com/thebat PCWSmileys - http://www.PCWize.com/thebat/pcwsmileys.php ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.9.1 Deep Alpha | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
