Hello Steve,
Thursday, September 14, 2000, 1:01:28 PM, you wrote:
SL> On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 12:55:09PM -0700, David Tod Sigafoos wrote:
>> And why shouldnt email be presentable?
SL> Email /is/ presentable. It doesn't need HTML for that.
Who says? Who is the leading authority on what email needs or doesn't
need?
>> What is it about HTML that scares people so much.
SL> The fact there is no standard for displaying it, what standard does exist
SL> is for browsers and no two browsers display correctly.
True .. there is no 'definitive' standard. But 99% of HTML (not
dhtml, xhtml etc) is compatible.
SL> On top of that 99% of the time it is completely annoying because
SL> it overrides how /I/ like to see my mail. I don't want to see it
SL> in someone else's preferences, I want to see it in mine.
I'm not sure what this means. Do you mean if i write a letter and
format it as i desire (using regular underline, bold etc) the
>> Having the ability to send a message to our users with a toc at the
>> beginning of the note and links to other spots in the note is a great
>> feature.
SL> Search does that just fine.
So is USPD but ..
SL> Please, why do people insist on trotting out this tripe? It is the top
SL> /NOW/ because it works nicely as an email /CLIENT/, not as a browser, not as
SL> an html page editor.
Tripe .. that's a fish isn't it?
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Best regards,
David mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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