Chad Perrin a écrit:
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 09:12:23PM +0200, Anthere wrote:
Cormac Lawler a écrit:
On 4/18/05, Tony Sidaway minorityreport@bluebottle.com wrote:
Cormac Lawler said:
Hi - I need your help (whoever you are)
I am trying to write a html email
I'm sorry if this sounds unhelpful, but could I please ask you to *reconsider* any impulse you might feel to produce emails in html? Text is much nicer.
Fair comment, but could i ask that that discussion take place on quarto-l? Just to add, that it is not just *my* impulse to produce this mail - I have simply volunteered to do it. Cormac
yo. I think most of us would prefer it to be in html... for quite a number of reason (such as links).
Ant
I'm not sure I agree with that estimation of the majority. I think that a vast majority would, in fact, probably not much care one way or another, especially since most graphical email clients turn bare URLs into links automatically, even in text-only emails. Meanwhile, HTML emails are almost undreadable for those of us whose primary email is read in a text-only fashion. I actually delete 90% of HTML email without even checking to see whether it's content is of any relevance to my life for a number of reasons, including security issues, annoyance factor, and basic convenience.
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.
That's not to say that there isn't a place for HTML emails, but I would strongly recommend that emails not be sent in HTML form unless you are positive that everybody receiving the email will be positively receptive to that format. If you really want to present information in an HTML formatted manner, but aren't sure if everyone receiving the email will be accepting of HTML emails, you might think about simply creating a webpage somewhere and linking to it from a text email.
I'd say "Maybe that's just me," but I know for a fact it's not.
-- Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
When I say the majority, I was referring to those discussing the topic on quarto list. Cormac, could you sent a sample of the last version of the mail so that Chad can understand what I mean by "best to use html" ?
Thanks