On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Tony Wells wrote:
> Don't worry about it. Stuff encoded in html is quite readable in
> an asci mail reader, the text of the message is repeated in flat
> ascii. The essence of the message is important, not the
> presentation.
Bzzzt. Wrong. Thanks for playing. While I agree content is more
important than presentation, embedded HTML code when displayed by
non-capable news and mail readers makes the content extremely difficult to
read. It's akin to those toys you had as a child where a message is
imprinted in red ink and surrounding by lots of other colours -- SURE you
can pretty much read it, but unless you have the red-tinted plastic
filter, it's a pain in the a$$.
I'm quite comfortable with reading, and writing, in HTML. But the HTML
that is generated automatically is quite sloppy, containing lots of stupid
things that a human would never generate.
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>So Grab A Clue!</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Listen Up!</H1>
<P>HTML-encoded e-mail and USENET postings are a pain in the a$$!</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
:ppp
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