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I
prefer HTML... it is easier to read with highlighted colors, underlined
hyperlinks embedded pictures, bold print, etc....... I do not see it as
"cutsey" or "CB" I see it as the natural evolution of the net. My computer has
more than 64 k of memory , a HD larger than 10 MB and yes, my email is set to
HTML
Regards,Jayson
<FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Al Venosa
[mailto:advenosa@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 8:06
PMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: [amibroker]
OT: HTML vs. Plain TextHi, Yuki:Thanks for
the HTML tutorial. I understand what you are saying. BTW, you candelete
that annoying vertical line if you place your cursor on the line justabove
the text to which you want to respond (assuming there's no verticalline
above that or in the line where your cursor is), then hit the deletekey
once. Voila! The line is gone until you reach the next paragraph. Now,you
can respond in a different, cutesy color. But, you're right;
thecutesy-ness is really not
needed.Regards,AV----- Original Message -----
From: "Yuki Taga" <yukitaga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: "Al Venosa"
<amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 7:28
PMSubject: Re: [amibroker] OT: HTML vs. Plain Text> Hi
Al,>> Monday, June 14, 2004, 7:57:04 AM, you
wrote:>> AV> Yuki:>> AV> I changed the
subject line to coincide with the subject matter. Just> AV> curious:
educate me a bit. What's wrong with receiving mail in HTMLformat>
AV> besides the added byte-size of the message? I kinda like
seeingresponses in> AV> different colors; to me, HTML is
preferred rather than plain text. Isit for> AV> security
reasons? Is HTML more virus-threatening? Thanks.>> Two reasons:
1) size (HTM puts a much bigger load on the system in> terms of
transmission size) and 2) security, as you mentioned. Mail>
clients, like OE and Outlook, that read HTML mail directly, are>
sitting ducks. Many people, if not most, who understand the security>
issues, refuse to use them, or set them to read in plain text format.>
At the very least, they should be set to NOT download images or>
anything Active X from the Net automatically.>> The standard for
e-mail is plain-text. Always has been. HTML mail> is a
"cutesy" MS idea that is a security risk, and one that puts a> huge
volume burden on the system. Take a look at the message from WM>
that I responded to: It's TWENTY THOUSAND kb, and it's nothing more>
than a rather short text message that was put up in HTML format. The>
same message, in plain text, would be one-fourth to one-third that>
size, maximum. It would probably be smaller, actually.>> I
don't really make too much of an issue about it. But . . . my>
reader is set to view plain-text by default. If HTML is
formatted> with that stupid vertical line down the entire left side
denoting> quoted text, I won't see it, because I'm not about to switch
back and> forth from plain-text viewing to HTML viewing. Then if
new text is> inserted inside that line, in a different color, I don't
see the> color either. So I cannot differentiate between new and
quoted text.> It is possible to format HTML mail using standard cues
for quoted> text that will be picked up by plain text readers.
That should be> the way it's done, if you *have* to use
HTML.>> I have two issues here, really:>> First, I
don't care if people post in HTML, really. If they want to> clog
the system with "cuteness", that's fine with me; I have huge> bandwidth
here. But . . .>> 1) Plain text is the default for e-mail, and
if your HTML is> formatted to use quoted text indicators than are NOT
STANDARD (like a> vertical line down the entire left side of the text),
a plain-text> viewer is not going to pick this up, and THAT I have a
problem with.> It is not the HTML per se, but the way the HTML is
formatted.>> 2) The lack of trimming, particularly if already
squandering> bandwidth with HTML "cuteness", is almost unforgivable
IMO. TRIM the> excess out of the message, and make it clear what
is quoted, and what> is new.>> I'm just going to skip
over messages that are not clearly offering a> plain text view of
quoted versus new text. I read a *tremendous*> number of e-mails
daily. By far, by an overwhelming majority,> plain-text is the
rule. And plain-text is what I'm setup for. I do> not have
time to sort out quoted from new material in a message that> is ONE
PERCENT OR LESS new material, and that new material is> embedded in an
HTML message that shows the entire thing as new text> in a plain-text
viewer. I do not have that much free time, sorry.>>
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