Hello Csaba! On Saturday, February 08, 2003, 11:59 AM, you wrote:
C> Hello, C> Saturday, February 8, 2003, 6:47:09 PM, you wrote: RW>> Gosh, this HTML thing really is dividing up what was a happy mailing RW>> list. It's worse than Catholics against Protestants (or any other RW>> religious factions squabbling). I personally hate HTML but PC novices RW>> (and a lot of regular users) ... Please note that Richard says "PC novices (and a lot of regular users)." RW>> ... don't seem understand the difference between that and plain RW>> text. It seems that HTML is inevitable and can be termed progress RW>> by those who favour it. ... This point of Richard's is made more evident by the fact that Kenneth Rhee, who originated this latest discussion by posting html to tbudl--for which he later said, "I'm sorry" and that was appreciated, at least by me--did not understand that his "plain" red, italic, bold, 10 pt. Arial showed up on my screen in a little box that put those two lines in Shocking Neon Pink, in what, in comparison to my usual 14 pt. black Courier New looked like 7 or 8 pt. font to me, and it hurt my eyes! RW>> ... OK, I'm going to have to live with it but hope that most RW>> messages will still be displayed as text by TB! and with an RW>> option of deleting all HTML attachments. This is my hope too. In addition, I am going to send to the Wish List, when I can get it properly worded, a request for the capability to show all the html attachment fonts configured in my choice of font colors, sizes, etc., before I ever have to see them displayed on my screen. C> I think you just further detriorate the situation by calling those C> who like HTML mail "PC novices". ... As noted above, he did not say that all who like html e-mail are PC novices. He included "some regular users" in his statement. I am a PC novice, myself, and a very new user of The Bat! I do not regard the term as derogatory--since it is true of me and some others--and I am really extremely happy that people recognize my inexperience and are willing to help me. C> ... Was it really necessary? Does it make you feel that you belong C> to the "experts" now? ... Please be more friendly in the way you express yourself and refrain from using sarcasm in this manner. The other subscribers to tbudl really are my friends, and I am sure they would like to be yours, if you would give them a chance, whichever preference in regard to html they may hold. C> ... I personally would love to emphasize those two words by making them C> bold instead of using silly rabbit-ears, but plain text is not C> capable of doing that. ... And you would hurt my old eyes. I am sure you would not want to do that. In addition, quotation marks have been part of written English for over 400 years. Just calling them "silly rabbit-ears" does not erase their long, honored, and honorable history. :) -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 1.61 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
