"Cevpx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Christopher Jahn wrote:
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> > And it came to pass that Cevpx wrote:
> >
> >>Attributed Meowbot wrote:
> >>
> >>>Adam James Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>And often enough the poster hasn't written anything that
> >>>>actually *requires* HTML markup - it's just plain text
> >>>>anyway.
> >>>>
> >>>I even see some posters go to great lengths to make their
> >>>HTML look like plain text, including monospaced type and
> >>>80-column lines (no, not <pre>, but an incredible
> >>>simulation).
> >>
> >>Probably in an attempt to appease the plain-text pussies. ;)
> >>
> >>>OTOH, I've seen a few times where HTML actually did improve
> >>>the presentation. These have all been longish, dense text
> >>>-- the examples I recall have all been CFPs, abstracts or
> >>>legal notices. For discussion groups, the composition
> >>>software tends to toss in way too many gratuiutous
> >>>elements.
> >>
> >>Presentation is what HTML is all about. How can anyone not
> >>want to have a tool that has the potential to augment their
> >>attempts at communication?
> >>
> >>How many web sites do you see in plain-text?
> >
> > I have no problems with Websites using HTML.
> >
> > But I have NEVER seen a newsgroup post that read better because
> > it was in HTML. All it did was cause my download time to
> > STREEETCH way long.
>
>
> I haven't either but you have to admit it is possible. ;)
>
>
> > This medium is all about the content, not the presentation.
> > Websites are for whistles, bells, and dancing flowers.
>
>
> Sorry to disagree but, this medium is all about fun.
>
> "There are three things that have meaning for life. They are the
> motivational factors for everything in your life... for anything that
> you do or any living thing does: The first is survival, the second is
> social order, and the third is entertainment. Everything in life
> progresses in that order. And there is nothing after entertainment."
> Linus Torvalds - From his book: "Just For FUN"
> http://www.linux.org/books/FEATURE_0066620724.html
>
> Note: Newsgroup alt.clubs.just-for-fun added. HTML posts are fine in
> that ng.
>
>
> >>We have all heard the pussy that goes by the name Fluffy
> >>expound the scripture that usenet is not the web... ad
> >>nauseam... etc., etc. Are we talking about bandwidth here?
> >>Do we still have people connecting at 300 bps?
> >
> > Yes. At least, a suprising number are connecting at 9600.
> > Cellphones, beepers, and other "interenet appliances" do connect
> > at very low speeds. And many schools and library systems
> > (especially in third world locations) connect at 9600 OR LESS.
>
>
> This reminds me of my parents going on and on about all those starving
> people in foreign countries when I didn't eat everything on my plate.
>
>
> > Because of this, many sysadmins in these areas simply block HTML
> > email and newsgroup messages outright.
>
>
> I doubt any sysadmin is blocking HTML email. Please. It's getting
> deep. There are a few news servers blocking HTML but... email... are
> you serious?
>
>
> > And even in the rest of the world, many folks pay:
> > by the minute for the phone connection
> > By the minute for the INTERNET connection
> > and by the kilobyte for the download.
> >
> > Adding a flowered background or six kind of fonts in seven
> > colors just doesn't seem to be a compelling argument for
> > screwing these people.
>
>
> Screw who?
Ok can somebody give me an answer to this question.........Is Rich Text
HTML no pictures or flowers but just TEXT!
Who is finally going to get some? Damn I need to post that in the
history books!
Donna
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