On Sunday 07 November 2004 02:24, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Leen,
On Saturday 06 November 2004 16:18, Leendert Meyer wrote:
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I tend to agree with you: html adds no extra info to a mail, other than changeing the signal/noise ratio in an unfavorable way (although my mail client kmail did not show any html at all, became aware by the replies in this thread).
I wonder... Do you speak in a monotone? Do facial expressions play no role in your verbal communication? Do your hands remain at rest while you speak? In short, is the sum total of the information you convey when you speak contained in the words themselves? I think not.
Hmm, seems a movie recording would be more to your liking. ;)
This bias against styled text in email is absurd. It should be possible to exercise typographic control when communicating in written form.
Smileys will do just fine.
The (strongly) preferred way of posting in mailinglists and newsgroups is usually text-only.
Preferred by a dictatorial "some," I'd say.
Sorry, I should have said: The (strongly) preferred way of posting in this mailinglist is text-only.
There is no objective reason to prohibit or even discourage mark-up in email and on Usenet.
Let me just refer to Patrick's posting in this thread. Cheers, Leen