On Tue, 3 May 2005 15:37:52 +0000, Calvin Spealman wrote: > I'm sorry if this disagreement has escalated more than it should have, > but I'm actually very partial to my end of this discussion. I know all > the reasons people have to argue against my point of view here, but I > just find it to be a rather arrogent point of view.
What is arrogant about saying "when in Rome..."? Every forum has its conventions of accepted behaviour. For this forum. those conventions include non-HTML postings in English. > > Who said the text should be unformatted? There is a lot you can do > > with text to improve the readability and ensure your message is > > conveyed correctly, without filling it with useless tags in an effort > > to force my mailer to use your preferences. > > How is me sending in plain text not forcing my mailer to use your > preferences? They are not my preferences, they are the preferences of the list. There's a big difference. But to take your point, with plain text, each viewer chooses how their mailer displays it, which font, how large, what colour etc. -- Neil Bothwick Why is the word abbreviation so long?
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