On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 6:22 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. > > I hardly ever see any of that . Probably because my friends are more knowledgeable. Those who sent the garish ones year ago, the " circuit letters" have been warned off. But if it is a truly personal message rather than prefab I do not object. > 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!' > > :-) > > If I could steal that Flash ad for Dish network where the astronaut floats across the page to repair the satellite it would be on here. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.youtube.com/fluxstringer http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com /in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- 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
