HTML Links on Evolution

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

At 04:19 3/7/2004, you wrote:
>On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 07:19, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> > is either blind,
>Rodolfo I will admit I have lifted what I quote right out of the context
>you used it in, but the thought struck me that those who have to rely on
>a screen to speech converter would find HTML messages a little hard to
>follow.

Indeed they might. If so, people sending mail directly to that person 
should definitely exercise some sensitivity. And of course, the 
text-to-speech program should learn to interpret HTML so as to correctly 
read the content and not the markup.

>I agree there are places for HTML, on a mail list, especially one with a
>large amount of traffic is maybe not the place.

A mailing list is definitely not the place for HTML mail. However, on the 
flip side of the coin I have yet to hear a reasonable explanation from even 
the most rabid fanatic on why I should stop using HTML for better 
presentation when sending email on a corporate Gigabit LAN where all 
clients are Evolution on Fedora.

OF COURSE there are many situations (many many many...) where HTML mail is 
inappropriate, rude, or even dangerous. There are also other situations 
where it is the most logical choice, the lowest-cost choice, and the one 
that people already understand. I don't want to start hearing comments 
about people (Winders drones) not using Linux "because they can't use 
pretty stuff in their email," OK?


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz at simpaticus.com
http://www.simpaticus.com