On Thursday, March 29, 2001, at 02:48 , Harry (lists) wrote:
>> Oh yeah. And of course, there is no reason to ever format emails, or
>> have
>> that ability. Text is all you need right? Not.
>
> Sure, let's jump to extremes - you don't really get the point, do you,
> or do
> you never receive 'well-meaning' spam mail from inane marketing depts?
Non - sequiter. I get just as much plain text spam as HTML spam. The
format of email has nothing to do with spam.
>
>> Guess what, we
>> are a visual species. We want pictures, we want formatting. How's
>> about we
>> do it correctly instead of just pointing and screaming SATAN!
>
> a) It can be done correctly, and well with text.
No it can't. If it could, we wouldn't need things like Word, Nisus,
Wordperfect, Appleworks, etc.
> b) Give stupid people enough rope and they will flood your mailbox with
> junk-mail... but, hey, it's visual and pretty, so that makes it okay..?
What does spam have to do with HTML email? You are mixing an unsolvable
problem (spam), with a solvable one, (poorly thought out HTML email)
>
> Seriously, the principal problem right now is:
>
> * Most people are stupid.
> * Entourage defaults to HTML by default.
> * Entourage renders HTML like a snail.
> * Most people are stupid and can't format anything.
E'rage defaults to what most people want. Guess what, most of the people
that pay for Office want decent formatting tools. This would explain why
they want Word, Excel, and PowerPoint too.
E'rage renders basic HTML, i.e. the formatting tools, just fine. It's
the pictures, and other dancing baloney that slows it down.
Most people format fine, they just do it in a way you don't like.
john
"De oppresso liber"
(To free the oppressed)
US Army Special Forces
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