Re: [tlug] HTML email [was: Pre-installed linux?]

[Scott Robbins <scottro@??>]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 05:08:17PM +0900, Lyle H Saxon wrote:
> On 2/12/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@??> wrote:
> >Lyle H Saxon writes:
> >
> >
> >Thing is, there is absolutely no need for HTML in most email.
> 
> Well, first off, I'm on board with this now - note that this e-mail is
> coming to your computer in plain text.  Just to give a couple of
> reasons why I like HTML though:
> 
> 1) I write to a lot of older people with bad eyesight who are also not
> very tech savvy.  Using HTML, I can select a font, size and color that
> will be easier for them to read than plain text.
> 
> 2) Hard returns at the end of every line!  I hate them!  With HTML,
> the sentences within a paragraph wrap.  I have software to remove hard
> returns, but a full paragraph without them is easier to work with.


Interesting.  Again, when there are logical reasons for something
becoming a habit, it makes it easier to understand.  

Yes, we know you're on board.  (Erm, somehow, I think you mentioned it
somewhere.)    :)


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