On 15 Sep 2009, at 11:24, Ian Tickle wrote:
Phil
Nothing at all wrong with plain text for simple messages as you say,
but
if you want to communicate a complicated equation (particularly one
containing a lot of Greek letters and math symbols not in the standard
ASCII set!) the HTML version is much cleaner and easier to understand.
Obviously I would never try to send such an equation to the BB, I'm
talking about private messages. The problem is remembering to switch
back to plain text for run-of-the-mill messages (and knowing people's
sensitivities I always try to do that!). On my client admittedly the
option for plain text/HTML sending is in clear view, in a previous
version it was buried deep in the menu options and had to be selected
before you started to compose the message, and the same may well be
true
for other clients.
I didn't know you could sensibly do equations & Greek letters in html,
but clearly html can be useful. I would have plain text as the
default, though
The other point of course is that you're never going to be able to
stem
the tide! There will always be people who will use HTML even for
simple
messages, mostly through ignorance, and it seems to me that if the
HTML
version causes problems as it seems to be doing in your client, then
the
easiest solution is to adapt and select the 'by default view as plain
text' option.
I suppose I also don't understand why people composing html messages
would select a tiny font size, or is that a function of the Mail
reader rather than the writer (which would seem to defeat the purpose
of the writer formatting the message)?
Phil (confused as usual)
