[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: HTML mail client for Linux /KDE
From:       Rivyn (Casey Shobe) <rivyn () mailandnews ! com>
Date:       2000-03-10 7:53:59
[Download RAW message or body]

On Wed, 08 Mar 2000, Robert Spangler wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Mar 2000, Mike Green wrote:
> 
> >  But it would be good (not bad) if every one could read HTML formatted email:  A
> 
> Disagree strongly. If someone needs to read HTML then they should use netscape
> or IE.

That's like saying "If someone needs an easy GUI then they should use windows.

Please.  HTML capability is damn important in an email client.  The ability to
turn it off is just as important.  Limiting a program because of what a few
users don't like is stupid when it causes many people to not use the program
because they want or need HTML support and the complaining users could have
just turned it off with a checkbox instead.

> >  better graphical representation of information communicates information better. 
> 
> I one needs the color and fancy text then send an attachment.  Email should
> stay as text ONLY!

Various text sizes, bulleted lists, clickable links, pictures - these are all
things which make E-Mail better, if larger.  HTML is the method.

> >  What I have written here is more easily understood as it is written than if I 
> >  had written it in binary.  And if I can use indents, bulleted lists, images, 
> >  etc., I can have the ability to better communicate information than with plain 
> >  text.
> 
> Might as well write a binary. You are still going to have to edit everything
> you have written to add the darn HTML code. An please don't ask for that to be
> done automaticly.

When 80-90% would want the feature on by default, it should be set as on by
default.  However, a checkbox in the settings to disable it is important.

> >  And just because something good can be put to bad use (worse spam, security
> >  risks) is a poor reason for rejecting it.
> 
> Have you lost it? Security alone is worth everything.

So uncheck the "enable HTML" box in settings.  Get a sense of reality -
everything is a security risk, and if you're really that scared of HTML, I
wonder how you browse the web.

- Rivyn [ Casey Allen Shobe ]
- rivyn@mailandnews.com [ UIN: 1494523 ]
-- 
Send posts to:  kde-user@lists.netcentral.net
 Send all commands to:  kde-user-request@lists.netcentral.net
  Put your command in the SUBJECT of the message:
   "subscribe", "unsubscribe", "set digest on", or "set digest off"

All kde mailing lists are archived at http://lists.kde.org
**********************************************************************
This list is from your pals at NetCentral <http://www.netcentral.net/>

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]