> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:56 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: (Admin) List upgrades > > > (As an aside - I've never understood the "war" against HTML > > email/NNTP posts. It seems the perfect solution to me: a > > text only, non proprietary method for adding truly rish > > formatting to email? Sounds great to me.) > > Why does mail need truly rich formatting? In my opinion, most doesn't.
But some does - and most folks do expect (as they can in their word processors) to, at the very least, bold, italicize and underline (things we mimic badly in email with _underlining_ and BOLDING). In our situation the ability to set font families (monotype, for example) would be very nice to offset code examples. I agree that it's sometimes taken to an ugly extreme (part of my understanding that 99% of everything is crap) but it definitely is useful to have some control over formatting - and HTML (specifically using style sheets) is a very nice way of doing that in text only environments. It's never a useful argument to say "I don't see a need for a thing so it's not needed". ;^) At the very least in a world of universal HTML mail you could set a personal style sheet that stripped all formatting if that's what you liked. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
