On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 02:56:48 +1100, Myself <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hmm, well let's see. We could ask a mailer to auto-send as plain text if >there's no formatting or if size to actual text content is some ratio... >but why bother? In programming some time ago we used to use bits in >bytes for flags, nowadays we (mostly) don't care. Sure, it saves some >space but space is not the premium it once was. Higher level languages >and their ease outweighed the save some space concern. > Space is not the premium now because the price has plummeted so low for RAM and HD space due to the lazy programmers who don't use bits and thus expand their programs to fill all available space and then demand more. the price ratio has finally almost caught up with the bloatware attitude that programmers seem to have today. I wish they would return to the "Small is Beautiful" and KISS principles. >Rich text is easier to use than plain text. > >Would there really be a return on the effort to implement a scheme to >switch to plain text just because it's a two line message and the sender >didn't use bold or a bulleted list? I don't know. Plain text should be the default IMNSHO. If _you_ want to turn on HTML then _you_ should have to make some effort.
