At 12:15 AM 2002-07-07 -0700, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: >Nick Simicich wrote: >>I assert that you have given up no functionality that is actually >>meaningful in the context of communicating using e-mail. Please note >>that I consider the ability to set your fonts, sizes, etc, detrimental to >>this process --- I have a font that is easy for me to read and colors >>that are easy for me to read. Any changes to this slow me down and >>distract from the message. > >I consider tightly integrated email and calendaring to be something not >doable in a standards-based environment and not to be given up.
And whose "non-standard's based calendar wins?" Alternatively, "When do you want to meet?" in a plain text message works everywhere. If you are scheduling meeting rooms, then you can assume assent if no one else is meeting. If you are scheduling people, you need buy-in....unless they work for you and you can order them to go. So automated scheduling simply does not work across organizations. >I consider all of the things you consider detrimental to sometimes be >beneficial -- such as when delivering a presentation via email. I can never see a situation where it would be appropriate to deliver a presentation by e-mail that a URL to a web site would not be superior. Especially not in the mailing list context. >>Awww.....my heart bleeds for you. I put forth the assertion that the >>"functionality" you give up is mostly meaningless complexity and has >>nothing to do with the sort of communication that the real world systems >>we administer (e-mail lists) are designed for. > >I totally disagree. Again: if a list also meets off-list or by chat, >integrated scheduling would be a boon. For that matter, delivering a >usable Java or ActiveX chat thin-client in a message body would be as well. Suicidal. Microsoft has even turned off active X and Java by e-mail by default. Again, I can see absolutely zero advantage to delivering such tripe in e-mail --- sending a URL would be superior in all cases I can imagine. -- "Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!" -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Nick Simicich - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
