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Re: Extending long threads
- From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew at DeFaria dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 21:53:31 -0700
- Subject: Re: Extending long threads
- References: <ccmc0r$gd4$1@sea.gmane.org> <E1Bj6zm-0005kz-00@quimby.gnus.org>
GARY VANSICKLE wrote:
As a person who regularly uses HTML style email and posting (much to
many peoples chargrin and complaints) I rarely "fester" them with
"all" sorts of colors and fonts. Other HTML emails and posts I
receive are also rarely "festered" with all sorts of colors and
fonts. Why? Because doing so takes time, knowledge and effort and
most people simply don't take the time, have the knowledge nor can be
bothered with the effort required. As such I don't think such an
argument holds much water. IOW I think if people of your opinion see
just one bolding they'll call it "festered with all sorts of colors
and fonts".
There's three reasons people knee-jerk against HTML email:
1. It isn't ASCII
Sure it is! It is exactly ASCII. It just has tags and you just don't
like the tags that's all.
(i.e. the "Back in my day a child would open up a gift and within
seconds he'd either burst into flames or lose a limb! That's the way
it was and we liked it!"[1] Defense).
Not sure what this means nor how it's relevent.
2a. There isn't an email program alive which can do a "Reply" to an
HTML email properly.
Define properly. Mine works just fine. Sorry you're having problems.
2b. ...especially those which support VT-100 terminals.
Get a new terminal!
3. The lines are longer than 80 characters ;-).
Sometimes. For example this line isn't! :-)
I fall under category 2a, but my knee isn't jerking: If Outlook didn't
absolutely s*ck *ss at "editing" HTML I wouldn't care.
You left off the most important reasons - it's not what you are
accustomed to and your reading software of choice is inept.
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