Hello David, Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 11:59:41 AM, you wrote:
DB> I don't want to open a can of worms here (or maybe I do) but what DB> is wrong with using HTML in email? I'm a broadband user so I don't care about bandwidth so it's a most point for me. Most people are never going to be graphic designers because they have no artistic ability or colour sense. However, these people feel a terrible urge to inflict their eye destroying fonts and colours on me. It's usually the case that the less ability a person has to choose colours, the more likely their mails are to have them. I'm also terribly prejudiced against fonts, if you want me to think you're a 5 year old feel free to use Comic Sans, otherwise use a businesslike font. It's a pain for me to have to set things up so that stupid unreadable fonts are displayed correctly. The next point is the fact that e-mails don't need fancy formatting 99% of the time. Most of the non mailing list mails I receive are devoid of punctuation and are usually written in one CASE OR THE OTHER. Oh, html mail, not I can see some AOLer shouting in blue text on a fluorescent pink background. If you mail isn't important enough to be written correctly, why do you need formatting? I know not everyone misuses html mail, but enough do and I can see no real benefits for it. If you're formatting is so wonderful, convert it to a pdf and send it as an attachment, then I won't lose any of it's wonderfulness. -- Jamie Dainton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leaders of the world's richest nations meet in Cancun on September 10th 2003. Oxfam is presenting them with a petition to make trade fair. Be sure your voice is heard. Sign the 'Big Noise' petition to make trade fair at: http://www.maketradefair.com/go/join/?p=omf1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.00 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
