Garbage, garbage!

[David Payne]

On Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:22 PM, Mark asked

> Should we all switch to "plain text".....

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:36:12 -0500, Henry replied:

> ... "rich text" or html is usually of limited benefit.
> Pynch doesn't need to use bold and italics, so...
>
> As for pictures, if they're on a web page, just include a link, and the
> dial-uppers and people whose organizational email account is at the
> boundaries of their storage limit will appreciate it. A-and FWIW, plain
> text is inherently more secure. Trust me on this.

I believe that plain text also works better for blind readers using screen readers.

Unfortunately, plain text seems to be going the way of the Dodo. The new version of Hotmail doesn't allow you send plain text email -- so I've started switching to the "Classic" Hotmail before posting to the Pynchon-L.


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