PPC as an architecture will never become obsolete. PPC computers will. Illirik Smirnov
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected] > wrote: > > On Jun 13, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > > > > List rules or no, after a decade it is nice to see rich text used on LEM > to > > effectively communicate. Notice how the color bars pop out the relevant > > words and emphasize the salient points. > > No, I didn't notice it at all, since my mail client is set to show the > plain text alternative, when possible. > > (Fortunately most mail clients also send the plain text in addition to the > rich text.) > > I have to read way too much email every day to put up with the visual > garbage that typically accompanies 'rich text' mail to warrant leaving it > on. > > I've seen enough jumping smiley gifs, blink tags, ornate backgrounds, > alien color schemes, ransom note styling and incomprehensible 2-point font > messages (thank you SO MUCH, MS Outlook!) to last a lifetime. > > Heck I had enough after the first three such messages I got...bad > flashbacks to the dawn of the Desktop Publishing age... > > NEVER assume that when you send out your carefully crafted rich text > message, the recipient is seeing what you see, so make your *words* > comprehensible...do not rely on styling alone. > > This has been a public service message from: > > The Organization of Cranky Old Sysadmins. > Our Motto: 'Get off my LAN, you kids!' > > :-) > > -- > Bruce Johnson > > "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
