Re: UBB Fight
Jon <[email protected]>
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I used to think so... I've since changed my mind. Plain text offers little ability to enrich an email (to resemble a document) beyond basic ascii art or simple attachments. No clickable links, text emphasis (bold, italic, headers, etc), embedded media or custom stationary. IMO (which won't be shared by all, I know that), plaintext-only email is a holdover from 10+ years ago... in the same spirit, why not stick with basic carburetors on cars - they're simple and they work, right? Who needs that fancy gizmo gadgetry fuel injection? I guess I no longer believe in catering to the lowest common denominator. Bandwidth is cheap today, we all run GUIs and can run GUI email clients that can display html emails. Evolve, upgrade... or be left behind. Again, just my opinion. I'm not throwing this out to generate a flame war, rather, it's just a very simple observation of the inevitable progress in computing. -----Original Message----- And plain text is preferable in any case. -- OCLUG general discussion list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/oclug