Re: HTML markup in email [was: Please set your line wrap to a sane value]

2012-12-16 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 12:15:49PM -0600, Derek Martin wrote: > On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:44:17PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 07:43:12PM -0600, Derek Martin wrote: > > > Same arguemnt as above. Also this is mostly not interesting > > > anymore. When you compare this

Re: HTML markup in email [was: Please set your line wrap to a sane value]

2012-12-16 Thread Derek Martin
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:44:17PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 07:43:12PM -0600, Derek Martin wrote: > > Same arguemnt as above. Also this is mostly not interesting > > anymore. When you compare this to the amount of bandwidth consumed > > by things like streaming vide

Re: HTML markup in email [was: Please set your line wrap to a sane value]

2012-12-15 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 07:43:12PM -0600, Derek Martin wrote: > Same arguemnt as above. Also this is mostly not interesting > anymore. When you compare this to the amount of bandwidth consumed > by things like streaming video, it's a drop in the bucket. Streaming video is specifically requested.

Re: HTML markup in email [was: Please set your line wrap to a sane value]

2012-12-11 Thread Derek Martin
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 06:24:35PM -0500, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:06:03PM -0600, Derek Martin wrote: > > HTML provides all of the features [...] > > HTML also provides all of the bugs. No, it doesn't. The implementation does. > 1. It is very difficult to conduct a tech

HTML markup in email [was: Please set your line wrap to a sane value]

2012-12-11 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:06:03PM -0600, Derek Martin wrote: > HTML provides all of the features [...] HTML also provides all of the bugs. "Nothin's free." (c.f. "Crossfire", Stevie Ray Vaughan, 1989) Several points (and these aren't exhaustive, merely illustrative): 1. It is very difficult to