On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 20:54 -0400, George Reeke wrote: > On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 15:24 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > If tongue in cheek then smiley, if serious then don't you think > > > that > > > would be rather a retrograde step since almost every email these > > > days > > > is html. > > > > I think that's a bit of a blanket statement - it depends on the > > audience. > > > Just a random thought here: Could it be that the absurdity of > html email pushed on people by Microsoft et al might be part of > the reason why so many people now prefer texting to using email, > as it gives them (without their realizing it) many of the benefits > of plain text email and a little pushback against the big email > vendors?
I think it's a lot more complicated than that. I deal with the yoof all the time and my impression is that they see email as being the more formal end of the communication spectrum - you get emails from teachers and lecturers and the bank, you get messages from your friends. Text (i.e. SMS) is very last century - most people use some other form of instant messaging - Snapchat, FB messenger, WhatsApp and so on - they don't really care which one, they aren't loyal and they often use all of them at the same time. And they often use richtext enhancements - emoji, photos, gifs, avatars, fonts, colours etc. So it's not that they want plain text, they want something quick and reliable to have real- time conversations on their phone. Email just doesn't work well in that environment. P. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
