John Schweistal wrote:
> I'm confused. Every day I get at least 10 unsolicited e-mails containing
> all kinds of advertisement. Most come in HTML. Now, If I'm
> getting these,
> others must also be getting something similar. So, how do these so-called
> HTML-challenged people cope? They must be all on the verge of
> massive heat
> attacks from the stress and anger of having to constantly deal
> with garble.
>
> But, they get no sympathy from me. I said it here a many times: UPGRADE.
> There is a lot of free software out there that is HTML friendly. If you
> aren't willing to upgrade, that is your problem. Quit trying to make the
> rest of us take the extra steps to accommodate those who refuse to change.
I'm inclined to feel the same way. Where I subscribe to emailed newsletters
that have HTML as an option, that's what I choose.
However, I'm not sure that everyone on this list is on a Windows or
Macintosh platform. I agree that there's no real reason they shouldn't
upgrade. Those on a UNIX platform may possibly have a problem doing so
(although I don't know that for sure).
We get the complaint that HTML increases the download time. However, I
believe that to be an extremely trivial consideration. The non-trivial
complaint with which I agree is the one about very large file attachments.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator}
