I can see where you're coming from Jochem... the need for one-size-fits-all email for all types of devices. And I'm sure we'll all be working towards that as a routine eventually.
My references were mostly to users reading email on PC screens. Just my little world... :o) Rick -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 7:41 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Client-side validation or Server-side Validation? Rick Faircloth wrote: > I have to disagree with you on that one, Dave. HTML (done well > and used appropriately) will always be more effective in communications than > text html... > > Why do you see HTML email as such a bad thing? Size of messages only? I do not consider HTML email a bad thing per se. It currently just doesn't add value. Look at the following example that was gives in this thread: > You don't have to go to extreme just because you are using HTML. > Just as you don't have to make any Word document look like a master piece. > > Sometimes some italic or bold judiciously used is useful. > Making links clickable is also useful. This is suggested here as an example of "good HTML". Yet if we were to look at this HTML from the context of any normal web application we would all recognize this instantly as bad HTML because here we have HTML that imposes format instead of structure. Show me the HTML email that doesn't use HTML to impose a blue color on quoted text, but instead uses a proper blockquote element to tell my email client that certain content is quoted and lets my email client render that quote in the way that is most legible on my device. Show me the HTML email that doesn't use <b>, but uses <strong> and <em>. Show me the HTML email that doesn't impose fixed font sizes on me, but uses relative sizes so I can adapt it to the screen size of my PDA. Show me the HTMl email that properly defines a background image in the CSS, but a foreground image that is part of the structure of the message using an <img> tag. Show me those, instead of HTML email being used to impose some arbitrary formatting on me which invariably makes the message illegible on at least one of the devices that I use to read email. Show me an email where the HTML adds structure and semantic value and then we are talking about added value of HTML email. But for now, HTML email does not add value. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:275541 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
