Re: Complex HTML from Safari to Mail
Re: Complex HTML from Safari to Mail
- Subject: Re: Complex HTML from Safari to Mail
- From: Graff <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 21:33:12 -0500
On Dec 15, 2003, at 8:06 PM, John C. Welch wrote:
On 12/15/03 6:20 PM, "Graff" <email@hidden> wrote:
I'm sorry, I wish you the best in your efforts but I would never
assist
anyone in sending HTML via e-mail. HTML belongs on the web, e-mail is
plain text. If you want someone to view a HTML page you have made you
should either send them a PDF of it, an archived version of it, or a
URL to visit it.
Right, because that way, you make people have to deal with badly made
bloated PDFs, or taking three extra steps on the receiving end, and 35
on
the creating end just to be able to use formatting besides caps,
asterixes,
and the space bar.
I really don't see the need for any formatting beyond plain old text.
The emphasis should be on the words not on the style. If you need to
send something more exotic then that's what MIME is for. Attach it to
the e-mail as a separate document so that you can view it in your
viewer of choice rather than have the e-mail program be the catch-all.
Should e-mail programs be used to view images, Flash, video, run
javascript, play sounds, Excel spreadsheets, Filemaker databases, etc?
Not in my book. E-mail is plain old text, HTML is best left to a web
browser or other external HTML viewer.
Many people immediately delete any message they receive in HTML
format,
and I am one of them. If you want your messages to get to all of the
people you send them to then your best bet is plain text.
Hope you never have a loved one who's not one of the "Plain Text Kool
kid"
If someone that I care about sends me a HTML e-mail I kindly but gently
tell them that their message didn't get sent properly. I then tell
them how to turn off the evil HTML mail options in their mail program
so that I can receive their mail. If they don't change then oh well...
Anyways, this debate could go on forever. Some people seeing nothing
wrong in sending any data they please over e-mail and others think it
should be kept as simple and universal as possible. Personally I say
the same thing to the HTML people as I do to the Windows people: you
use what you like and I use what I like. :-)
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