invalid <[email protected]> writes: > I've been working in IT since it was called DP
= data processing (when was that :)) > and before there were things like email or HTML. > Since the first sad day HTML was used in email > I have never had anybody complain about me > responding to HTML email with a text email. If I had > to guess I would bet this is because the people who > use HTML emailers are too dumb to have any idea what > they're doing and are also incapable of detecting > whether some piece of mail they get is in ASCII text > form or not. Indeed. There was a time when there was such an enthusiasm for the web some people suddenly though *everything* should be like the web. HTML in mails is in line (pun) with that. I think the web is great as its original idea with mostly hypertext with the occasional multimedia item where there is a clear purpose, e.g. links to animal sounds if it is a page about wildlife so you can learn to distinguish an elk from a red deer, etc. - other than that, the web shouldn't look like computer games, computer games shouldn't look like the web, and so on. > Furthermore nobody has complained that I try to post > inline or bottom post although I occasionally do > top-post on short replies. I have complained a couple of times when people don't do inline but it only computer people I tell this because then it looks bad if they don't do it. For "civilians" I can't say I care but in terms of how difficult it is (isn't) of course anyone could learn to do it. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
