Hello Mary, On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 08:54:15 -0600 GMT (19/01/03, 21:54 +0700 GMT), Mary Bull wrote:
> BTW (by the way :) ), I have The Bat! configured to open attachments > in the message body. I get those horrid colored backgrounds. One > newbie on Rootsweb's COMPUTERS-L,, in another English-speaking > country, describing herself as a grandmother--like me--sent a query in > lime-green font on yellow. It sat unanswered for several hours, so I > sent a response. Back came a private thank you, pink font on deep rose > red, with dancing roses and hearts--near about put my eyes out. Two > pages long, also. ...and... > If I had had my sound volume up, no doubt it would have disabled my > ears, too! You have jsut made the best point against HTML email. > And she's obviously a very nice person, with no idea how what she > did was affecting *me*. That is the problem. You cannot just reply saying "your message appearance was unbearable. Please resend in plain text". Better to not have HTML editors in email clients, so people don't try to make messages "nice". ;-) The size ie download time ie cost to download issue might not apply to the people you are referring to, because all of you might have high-speed flat rates. So, one of my personal concerns against HTML, namely my wallet, won't apply to you guys. (<- I am using the word "guys" in the non-gender-specific meaning you explain earlier.) > I configured The Bat! to show me HTML that way, because of the sisters > and cousin whose messages come only as HTML attachments. Hm. I receive HTML emails, but I have set HTML auto-view off. If I think I might be missing something, I can have a quick view by clicking on the text, but that is usually in vain. > I am so thankful to read your messages in plain text. "Loud and > clear" was originally an Air Force expression, except it was "read > you loud and clear." Doesn't that refer to intelligibility? Loud and clear = 5 by 5 = volume is 5 out of 5, and signal strength is 5 out of 5. "To read" means to "to copy", which only means "to hear", in the parlance. Applies not only to the Air Force, but any kind of two-way radio communication. I used to use CB radio (some 30 years ago), compared to which amateur radio is professional; so I may be mistaken. > Passed into common speech here in my country. It is hard > to anticipate how idioms and cultural references may not be > intelligible to others. Can you use the expression "Read my lips!" in email correspondence? Or is it out of fashion anyway? Gosh, are we OT with the last two issues. I'd better copy this to TBOT for any continuance of this thread. ;-) -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. I wonder how much deeper would the ocean be without sponges. Message reply created with The Bat! 1.63 Beta/3 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
