On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 03:27:24PM +0000, Darac Marjal wrote:
On 18/03/2020 02:40, Anton Rieger wrote:
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 02:51:45AM +0100, Wesley Peng wrote:
Hello
Hello
Following this guide:
https://useplaintext.email/
I don't like it's tone but it's mostly ok
Shall we use plaintext message in regular email communication?
I use it regulary, except if I give tutorials in support mails with
more than two images.
It's way easier to refer to inline images than say:
Do xyz like you see in image1.png.
Lorem Ipsum.... look at image2.png.
Or like[1] to look something[2] up.
The problem there is that you've just re-invented markup.
Cross-referencing some text to an image? Isn't that just <a
href="#link">txt</a> or whatever?
I think you mistook me. It was an example to show, that HTML inline images are
far easier
to follow than given examples.
Especially for new users.
I'm not against HTML. Just hate image only emails. Kinda reminds me of old
flash only
websites...
But for typical short emails plain is often enough.
There is clearly a desire among users for something more than plain
text. You often want *emphasis* in flame wars.
I'm using neomutt as MUA, so I can highlight *emphasis*. (Ncurses is capable of
italics e.g.)
It supports ANSI and/or rich text color codes, but is disabled by default as it
might have
security implications. So you can define own rules to replace stuff.
I recreated some Markdown elements, as those are used most often and many know
them from IM applications.
HTML-only mails get piped through w3m to make them readable on a terminal.
You want a table in reporting your financial results or when listing various
things.
As said above, some situations are suited for HTML mails, but I'd prefer some
less complex
markup language. BTW. ASCII tables exist (just joking around)
However, I think everyone can agree that "Responsive emails", trackers,
frameworks and so on and so on is just TOO MUCH.
agreed
I'd argue then, that a middle ground is the way forward. Emails should
be written in a markup language which is both relatively simple (yet
flexible enough to handle the basic formatting commands) and human
readable before (and after) rendering. Markdown is a very good step
towards this, IMO.
agreed.
Some use only stylistic html elements and not full blown html+css :)
Thanks
Regards
Anton Rieger
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[1] image1.png
[2] image2.png
