Wednesday, September 10, 2003, 8:23:15 PM, Allie wrote: A> We are in the know and they're not. :)
You put a smiley there, but you're right! When Mosaic came out, I was one of the first to stop using Gopher and Archie; the new way was so much easier and quickly became more appealing. A> We know the problems with HTML and they don't. None of those typical end-users created the clients; a techy did - because there was a market for it. People wanted to send something other than boring-looking plain text e-mail. A> It's an entirely different matter to have the problems A> presented to someone and they still advocate HTML!! <ducking A> and running> Man, where's a smelly old fish when you need one? :) My position is not one of advocating HTML, but a more practical rather than an ivory tower view of the world. Pandora opened her HTML e-mail and it's here to stay. We techies have to figure out a way to deal with it. TB! is one - filter the "meat" and ignore the fluff. Works for me, but I don't have a shortage of b/w. Side note - In the vast majority of cases, the issue of bandwidth is a red herring in this argument. Not that bandwidth doesn't matter, but SPAM has become so overwhelming that its percentage use of bandwidth far exceeds the cost of HTML. If b/w is the main concern, SPAM needs to get the attention. The battle of HTML vs. plain text is comparable to the religious wars of Windows vs. Mac, Motif vs. OpenLook, etc. People have an opinion, and they have facts to support their side. The other side has just has many facts, too. It comes down to what a person believes and values. If you have a lot of b/w, "paying" 3K for a 1K message is not a big deal and the "waving palms" aren't that bothersome other than aesthetically. If you don't, then _paying_ 3K for 1K hurts! PS - I've not posted this much of my opinions in 10 years - in this post and others recently. It must be pent up and overflowing! Maybe more fiber would help. :) -- Dave Kennedy ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.00 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
