[oclug] HTML email, redux

[Ross Jordan]

> How does HTML make e-mail more "usable" than plain text?  That's what
> no-one has ever explained to me.
> 
> It seems to me that an e-mail format which is readable on fancy
> graphical e-mail clients, simple character-based clients, cell phones,
> PDA's and RIM pagers is far more "usable" than one which requires
> extra space and can be rendered correctly on a much narrower category
> of devices.
I agree. To maximize the potential readership, one should use the lowest
common denominator -- in this case, good 'ole text! 

-Ross