Re: Real cool device
Re: Real cool device
- Subject: Re: Real cool device
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:47:13 -0500
Title: Re: Real cool device
On 10/14/04 3:39 PM, "Bill Briggs" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> Because on a programming list, the ability to properly format and colorize
>> code is handy?
>
> Maybe. But if it's a different colour coding system than yours it
> does little to improve readability. We're all trained to penetrate
> our own schemes.
I left off the advantages of a properly formatted numbered list when giving step by step instructions, and how italics or bold are better for emphasis than *this* or THIS, because the first requires that you are familiar with that convention, and the second is hard to use without being rude, whereas the visual differences in italics and bold immediately draw your eye and work better.
There’s also the advantage of being able to use a different font for code than for the rest of the text, allowing you to process it better.
Yes, HTML email can be abused. So can text for that matter. And I’m quite sure there’s a huge chunk of the Internet who still screams in fury and rage over such things, along with GUIs, csh, EMACS and mice. However, that doesn’t stop it, and perhaps attending to it in a proactive fashion, and showing people who over use it how they can use it correctly is better than screaming and saying you’ll never read non-text email or you’ll not participate in any list that allows it ever again.
Yes, I used to hate HTML email, but then I realized I hated its abuse and misuse, not its existence, and it’s easier to get people to use it well than to force them to stop.
--
"Again, in basic training we had been forbidden to say please or thank you, as such words implied the existence of kindness, benevolence, or charity."
- Mouthful of Rocks, by Christian Jennings, about Foreign Legion boot camp.
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