On 10/28/2013 8:25 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Linda Walsh
[10-28-13 23:06]: On 10/28/2013 8:33 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
If you have problems reading plain text email on your "reader", change reader. That's the only solution for you.
Conversely if you have problems reading HTML email on your reader, then change your reader. That's the only solution for you.
Can you say narrow minded wearing blinders?
I prefer the option to send in either,
Anyone who can't handle either has a problem.
Agreed. But it remains a matter of consideration and politeness. HTML is not wanted nor welcome here and by many people not necessarily here. I can handle html mail and reject it w/o a problem or every even looking at it.
But then, *you* do not have to be polite, do you?
No more than anyone else is to me. I *like* well formatted emails if it helps me read or get the message. It has been *WELL* documented that reading fixed-type text slows down reading rate, and hinders comprehension. So the people who don't adapt to HTML and proportional fonts with CSS driven margins are the EXTREMELY RUDE, and INCONSIDERATE people who slow down and hurt all of society by their selfishness -- because everyone loses by having their time wasted reading fixed type text. If you don't believe me, go google read rates and comprehension and font-usage -- especially w/rt fixed vs. proportional fonts. The fact that such a selfish and collectively hindering body of people would even think to call someone, who knows enough to how much a 10% loss in reading rate would affect one over 100's of hours/year spent reading mind numbing fixed fonts, "impolite", is .. ludicrous. And you are wrong about HTML not being wanted nor welcome here. It is wanted and would be welcomed here by some loud, established people. The most common use of fixed type font outside of the computer industry is to educate those who don't know how to read -- where reading speed or comprehension isn't an issue. I fought the same issues over the past 10 years using unicode as well. It's been mostly english speaking americans that have fought the hardest against that as well. One nice thing about HTML -- I don't have to worry about my line length. I can just keep typing and typing, and it will all line up properly. If I want something to look "just right" in email, I need to make sure my email window width is set exactly right for 80 columns and even then I need to be careful to remember to hit CR. Either that or run it through gvim and format it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org