Technique, etc.

Geof Starr gstarr at management21.com
Mon Oct 28 10:37:07 CST 1996


Jules Siegel offers:
> > I would also like to begin posting in HTML, as some of these things are 
> > getting a bit complex and will be easier to read and understand 
> > on-screen if I can use full editorial style including subheads and so 
> > on. Yes? No?

To which Joe Varo admits:
> Well, I'm probably in the minority here, but since I'm on an old, damned
> near obsolete PC with no Windows, no PPP/SLIP connection, no NetScape
> and just use Pine to read my mail, I think HTML-ized mail would kinda
> put me at a disadvantage, if not give me a major headache.  But as I
> said, I more likely than not in the minority on this one.

Actually, I'm in that minority with you, Joe ('cept that I'm using a Mac, and
that my mail feed is gatewayed off our tiny office intranet, using a capable
groupware server and ...well...maybe I'm not in the exact same minority as you,
but close enough). It's not that I'm (necessarily) against the imperialist
expansion of Multimedia into all provinces of communication (I just upgraded to
Netscape 2.0!)  It's just that quick and easy e-mail serves my purposes best.

Anyway, I'm also in Joe's camp that if I'm in the minority, I'll cope
accordingly.



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