On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 01:46:49PM -0500, Robert Nesius wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 09:54:11AM -0500, Justin Krejci wrote:
> > > I also don't see what is so bad about HTML mail in principal.
> >
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> > In principle, I don't see what's wrong with ponies in e-mail, as well.
>
> I fully support and endorse ponies in email. Please include more of them.
Good. I'll keep him in!
> > > Using HTML email
> > is a
> > > lot easier for people to communicate than plain.
> >
> Proof by contradiction:
> Let it be easier to communicate in plain text than HTML.
> Then everyone would want to communicate in plain text at all times.
> Not all books or emails or newspapers are written in plain text.
> In fact most aren't.
> Therefore plain text is not easier.
And people wear make-up and spend hours dressing up and combing their
hair because it is easier than throwing on a sack?
Pretty is one thing, art is another. I was asking for functional
differences that _improve_ communications.
Cheers,
florin
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