Re: [NTLK] HTML to text conversion guide

From: hellsop_at_ninehells.com
Date: Fri Aug 26 2005 - 09:55:04 PDT


On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 01:06:25PM -0600, Norman Palardy wrote:
>
> On Aug 25, 2005, at 11:51 AM, Andrew Beals wrote:
>
> >
> > On 2005-a??g-25, at 10:44, hellsop_at_ninehells.com wrote:
> >
> >> Or people could just quit trying to use HTML for email...
> >
> > It's the 21st Century. Get used to it.
> >
> HTML is a pain in many respects
>
> - if you don't use the exact same email program that has the same html
> engine (they are all subtly different and buggy)
> - if you happen to be visually challenged and have your emails read to
> you. I'm told HTML sounds like crap by my blind computer programmer
> friend
> - if you just don't want the gif's and everything else that goes along
> with such fat emails

It makes Mail V slow and ugly.

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