[oclug] UBB Fight

[Shawn H Corey]

On 11-03-21 10:39 AM, Jon wrote:
> I used to think so... I've since changed my mind.  Plain text offers
> little ability to enrich an email (to resemble a document) beyond basic
> ascii art or simple attachments.  No clickable links, text emphasis
> (bold, italic, headers, etc), embedded media or custom stationary.  IMO
> (which won't be shared by all, I know that), plaintext-only email is a
> holdover from 10+ years ago... in the same spirit, why not stick with
> basic carburetors on cars - they're simple and they work, right?  Who
> needs that fancy gizmo gadgetry fuel injection?
>
> I guess I no longer believe in catering to the lowest common
> denominator. Bandwidth is cheap today, we all run GUIs and can run GUI
> email clients that can display html emails.  Evolve, upgrade... or be
> left behind.
>
> Again, just my opinion.  I'm not throwing this out to generate a flame
> war, rather, it's just a very simple observation of the inevitable
> progress in computing.

I like plain text since it doesn't contain malware.  If you have HTML 
email, then why not Javascript?  Why not Java?  Why not Flash?

With palin text I know what I'm getting.


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   Shawn

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