On 6/29/02 4:21 PM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In general, I don't like receiving HTML. The list administrator of the Apple Groups mailing lists, who has been known to frequent this list and may put in an appearance in this thread, has said somewhere that he has noticed this to be a generational thing. Older people, who have spent many years with plaintext email tend to prefer - plaintext (surprise!), whereas younger people who came on the scene when HTML was here already tend to prefer - HTML (surprise!). The original questioner in this thread was evidently referring to "simple", formatted rich-text, not "complex" HTML with web-pictures. You'll all have noticed that Apple's Mail app sends messages in "rich text" format. So does MS Outlook on Windows, by default. I like the formatting possibilities of bold and italics myself. I can't imagine that anyone here would insist that every book they read has to be in the same font with no italics. So when people don't throw in too much stuff, I myself often prefer HTML, I must confess. I like the indentation instead of all the >> stuff for replying, but not on a mailing list where there might be 5 or 6 levels of reply: indentation is pointless there. If it's done tastefully (a big if), HTML can be very attractive. The original question had nothing to do with advertising, spam, or complex HTML. It was just a question as to whether it's now more acceptable to send rich-text type HTML. I think on balance the answer is Yes, it is, except that some people still don't like it. As more and more people have modern OS's with up-to-date email programs (I can't imagine anyone still using Emailer in OS X), HTML and other rich-text formats will become more prevalent, and will be readable by everyone. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
