On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 02:21:40PM +0000, James Kass via Unicode wrote: > David Starner wrote, > > The choice of using single-byte character sets isn't always voluntary. > > That's why we should use ISO-2022, not Unicode. Or we can expect > > people to fix their systems. What systems are we talking about, that > > support Unicode but compel you to use plain text? The use of Twitter > > is surely voluntary. > > This marketing-related web page, > > https://litmus.com/blog/best-practices-for-plain-text-emails-a-look-at-why-theyre-important > > ...lists various reasons for using plain-text e-mail.
They're only from a spammer's point of view. > Besides marketing, there’s also newsletters and e-mail discussion groups. > Some of those discussion groups are probably scholarly. Anyone involved in > that would likely embrace ‘super cool Unicode text magic’ and it’s > surprising if none of them have stumbled across the math alphanumerics yet. Then there are technical mailing lists. In particular, on every single list other than Unicode I'm subscribed to, a HTML-only mail would get you flamed by several list members; even a plain+HTML alternative can get you an earful. Then there's LKML and other lists hosted at vger, where a mail that as much as has a HTML version attached will get outright rejected at mail software level. After 2½ decades of participating mailing in mailing lists, I got aversion to HTML mails burned in as a kind of involuntary reflex. Upon seeing Asmus' mails, the ingrained reflex kicks in, I start getting upset, only to realize what list I'm reading and that it's him who's a regular here, not me. So even when in principle adding such features would be possible, many communities decide to prefer interoperability over newest types of bling. Some prefer top-posted HTML mails, some prefer Twitter, some Unicode plain text, some perhaps want plain ASCII only. > It’s true that people don’t have to use Twitter. People don’t have to turn > on their computers, either. And sometimes they use a Braille reader or a text console. Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Remember, the S in "IoT" stands for Security, while P stands ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ for Privacy. ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀