> > ok ... so the reason it sucks is because the tools you work with > > aren't powerful enough to work with it?!?! Come on ... thats a > > bit short sighted isn't it? With an attitude like that we would > > still be using 8.3 filenames !!!!
>Ultimate compatibility. Portability. Efficiency. >In mutt, which is a tool I use by deliberate choice mind you, I delete all >HTML email. So if you want to communicate with me on my other account, you >have to send plain text. > >Also security, not just Javascript security. What if you send <img >src="http://myhosthere.com/verify?identity=email@address";> ?? The spammer >now nows your email is read by a human. Bingo! update spammers database. > >Lets look at efficiency. It might be great for us westerners to say, who >gives a shit about emails four-times-as-big-as-necessary, but for others, >such choices means more expensive hardware, more strain on infrastructure, >more resources diverted from other pressing needs. Just because we live in >a >society where people consume more packaging than food, doesn't mean >everyone >else should too. > >More expensive computers and less recycled old hardware means more >environmental degradation. Faster computers and more peripherals mean more >electricity. More electricity means more carbon dioxide. The tech industry >has always had a hubris about how it's part of the solution (if you >followed >the 'Wired' idiotic boosterism school of thought) but it's just as part of >the problem as anything else and requires humans to make sensible choices >to >lessen it's impact. > >Adequate sufficiency. And plain-text is adequate and sufficient enough. > >This email exchange is all plain text. Would a HTML version make it any >better? Yes, because then we could use <blink> to make our points <em>em</em><b>phat</b><u>ic</u><h1>!</h1></blink> ----------------------------------------------- Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://enigmastation.com IT Consultant _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ____________________________________________________ To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm Be respectful! Clean up your posts before replying ____________________________________________________
