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On 11/23/03, Marlyse Comte wrote:
>I think this is the exact point which hasn't fully been understood yet by
>the original poster - I believe he thinks that if it looks nice on HIS
>computer, it will arrive the same at some other computer.
>---marlyse
OK, it's obviously time to let this thing drop. I keep having to repeat
myself in order to try to get a few people to finally hear what is being
said.
One said that "I'm" not listening? And it's obvious that there is a
consistent assumption that I must be new to this whole "email" thing
with some pie-in-the-sky expectations.
So just to "wrap" up and close out the conversation (hopefully),
The first computer I ever used was a "IIe" way back in 83. I got my
hands of one of the first colour macs in our town in around (what?) 86
or so. Then had a long break from computers. Got my first Windows
machine in 94, started using Netscape for email around 95, switched
to Calypso in 97 after trying Eudora and a few others, Checked out
ThBat, PocoMail, and a few others around 99, kept close watch on the
(ehem) "fun" my clients were having with Outlook and Outlook Express,
on and on.......
The only thing about this entire experience over the past 9 years or so
that came new to me was finding an email app that DIDN'T allow me
to send messages wrapped where I deemed best, and this ancient
suggestion, not a protocol, not a rule, not a law, a suggestion. So I
asked an innocent question about why this basic function was not
present in PM as it is in most EVERY other email program I've tried.
Michael seems maybe of too literal a mind to get where I tried to use
either humour or simple, obvious exaggeration to make a point. Sorry.
(Not being critical, just an observation.)
I'm a very "visual" person and metaphors come to me easily. It usually
works most times. And his replies did seem to sound as if they had a
twinge of sting in them. That's why his and another's posts were seeming
a tad bit antagonistic. Mine might have been taken that way by them,
as well. If so, my apologies. Never my intention at any turn in my life.
I like fun, smiles, and laughs. The rest is for beginners! :-)
As for silly "original poster" not getting the point; I got it. I got it
years
ago, MANY years ago.
So I'll say it one last time, I do see my mail at the other end in so many
cases. I do see it when it comes back quoted.
I have seen the full gamut of possibilities. I'm more than well aware of
that which I speak for I am NOT a lone voice in a crowd. I'm coming to
you FROM the actual crowd.
At the character length I'm speaking of, I'd say 9 out of 10 times it looks
exactly there, as it did here (aside from them having set different fonts or
slightly different font size on their app). It has worked fine this way for
over 9 years - just the same as everyone else, a few obvious exceptions
noted.
As for freedom being "selfish", well, idealism is a wonderful thing. But
reality is what we actually have. And every act, no matter how much
it may appear, or we'd like to convince ourselves it is, altruistic, the fact
is there's no such thing. Every act we make is, by definition, selfish.
How that word got such a bad connotation I'll never understand. It's not
really "good" either. It's just reality.
I'll close now. I thank you all for your help with some things, your
listening
to others. And for your thoughts and opinions as well. I appreciate even
those that I don't agree with for all ideas are worthy.
Again, sorry for the "tempest in a teapot".
Be well, be happy, have fun,
ht
