JeffM wrote:
MCBastos wrote:
Bold or italics to make meaning clear,
As Ross mentions in his page,
too often people think tricks are a substitue for clearly-written
prose.
links with the URL and display text separate for clarity.
People who still click links in email deserve what they get.
(Phished.)
Bill Davidsen wrote:
people can diddle the display width
before printing the message, too.
If you want something to print properly every time,
HTML is *not* the proper format to use.
Portable Document Format (PDF) gives a 100% solution here
--no diddling necessary.
there are clear benefits to HTML
Not in email. Way too many variables.
If what you want is that
everyone sees your stuff with the *same* layout,
make the last step in your creation process **Save as PDF**.
For mail you don't want them to see the same layout, you want them to be able to
read your message and be able to understand it. Locking in the format with
something like PDF prevents that, a message which looks fine on and old 1024x768
screen is a little column down the side of a newer 16:9 monitor, and requires
horizontal scrolling on phones, blackberries, and tablets in the vertical mode.
For most people the object is to communicate, not present the material in the
form the sender prefers, but to let the reader adjust it (usually automatically)
to the screen size and aspect ratio. And things like lists are at least
recognizable as such in HTML.
In anything over a screen or two long, use of links to jump to sections saves
the reader time, meaning they are more likely to actually look at some
clarifying out of line text if they need to and can just click, read, and go
back. Information you don't deliver is an invitation to problems later on.
--
Bill Davidsen <[email protected]>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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