Of course. Actually, I believe we've said that before - ie, that we
don't need to make accommodations for a minority, even if it is a
large one.
Mark
On 18/04/05, Chad Perrin <perrin(a)apotheon.com> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 01:58:52PM +1000, Tim Starling
wrote:
Chad Perrin wrote:
Text email is universal. HTML email alienates a
great many people. If
I wanted to see HTML, I'd use a browser or an HTML editor.
Check out this survey, done in 2003:
http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt8/email_format_preferences.htm
87% of the non-technical survey group reported being able to read HTML
email, and 93% of the business group. HTML was reported to be preferred
over plain text by both groups.
Oh, well, since it's more than 50% we can afford to just shoot and bury
the remainder. Okay. No problem, then.
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