On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 05:31:27PM -0500, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I think the bulk is a non-issue.
Bulk *is* an issue. For a list such as this with several thousand subscribers, every bit is multiplied that many times. I may, economically, afford to fire up my (imaginary) 2.5 ton SUV to go down to the corner and get a pint of milk. But when everyone does that, problems arise; Finding a spot to park, etc... Not to mention the ecological issues... <snip>
But in spite of the security, Size, and universal accessability issues there is ALSO the sheer annoyance factor of having to put up with someone's wild and crazy ideas of formating, Fonts, Colors, backgrounds.
Amen.
Personally, I find the ability to markup text very powerful when expressing myself in written form. Just today I received a message on this list that was intended to be viewed as fixed width in one particular area. It would have been nice if the author could have included a simple <code> tag, or something to indicate what kind of content it held.
Agreed, although I believe the resposibility lies with the reader to review the information at hand, before subjecting his/her system to $COMMAND. <snip>
The beauty of plain text is that ideas stand by themselves.
The beauty of syntax highlighting is that different ideas stand out, and are easily identified.
Which compels me to suggest asking the developers of GUI mailers to adopt the 'syntax highlighting' that Mutt provides. IMO the introduction of YaML is the not solution... /Jon -- Whatever rocks your boat!