Saturday, June 5, 2004, Richard Wakeford wrote:
> I don't understand why you should have to do that? All TB! users
> presumably subscribe to this list at least
But not everybody is a TB user :-( and even some TB users don't know
English.
> Other e-mail programmes work in different ways so they either accept
> Smilies, in which case the user involved will also be used to them and
> know what to do if they have the option of not wanting to see them or,
> with the rest, they will just see the normal : - ) instead.
^^^^^
What a good example of the reason I don't like the smilies as they are
today: The way they work is form /leading/ function instead of form
/following/ function.
It shouldn't be up to the author to find up work-arounds if (s)he wants
or needs something to be interpreted literarily; not while (s)he is
writing, anyway.
E-mail is about communicating, and communicating is about transferring
ideas and/or thoughts to another person in such a way that they don't
misinterpret your intentions. {Infoga Vygotskij-citat här}
> I find Smilies brighten up mail but sometimes I just want to read it
> plain so it's a very simple right click and de select.
<SUPPOSED TO BE READ PLAIN>I use the PTV myself, so I'm not really
bothered by the smilies as such now that I am seasoned enough not to be
baffled by the occasional (b) or :42: showing up in illogical
places.</SUPPOSED TO BE READ PLAIN>
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manage.
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