The main reason I sit in front of a computer is that I need to get work done, and email is probably the most important resource/tool I use for getting my work done. Having text only email makes me more efficient. Hardly have I ever experienced any advantage in reading (HTML) formatted email (as opposed to plain text). From my current experience I dare to say that over 90% of the HTML formatted emails I receive aren't worth reading - if their authors had spent more time on content and less on pretending, they would have done a better service to me as well as themselves.
At the same time I can see and understand that the situation is different for others. I do not want (not that I could ;->) to take away HTML formatted email from others - as long as I have an email application like PowerMail focused on plain text emails (and do not have to receive that many HTML formatted emails...) I am happy. Olaf Druemmer -- Olaf Druemmer | Managing Director callas software gmbh | Schoenhauser Allee 6/7 | Berlin | Germany Tel +49.30.44 39 03 10 | Fax +49.30.4 41 64 02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.callassoftware.com -- Visit www.PDFcity.com - the free online PDF preflighting service [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:06:15 -0700 > >It's inevitable that typographic content be utilized in any digital form >of "written" visual communication. At the foundation of contemporary >computer technology is the digital >graphic communication< machine. > >Snail mail composed on a typewriter is virtually non-existent because >such communication is merely verbal and the graphic encoding potential of >the page is a missed opportunity to communicate more effectively. > >For eMail, the ballooning data transfer over the net is due to mail >attachments... and if we can attach images, why not go ahead and >show< >them in the composition window (instead of just listing them). > >When compared to: > - image and music content being transferred to browsers > - internet videophon sessions > - internet phone calling >the small amount of HTML coding required to describe basic >typographic< >formatting (like that possible in Apple's Mail software... font, size, >style, color,) is virtually insignificant. If folks choose not to use >such features - that is OK. Yet, for those who understand how use such >graphic variation for clearer communication.... > >Mel > > >
