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| From: | "tennyson@caverock.net.nz" <tennyson@caverock.net.nz> |
| Date: | Thu, 16 Dec 1999 00:07:22 +0000 |
> From: "Ben Dutton" <bendutton@sharechat.co.nz> > Thanks for your clarifications Ben > > Our first priority is to try and make ShareChat as easy > and pleasant to use as possible, and HTML gives us flexibility and ease of > use that we simply wouldn't otherwise have. > I think we are going to have to agree to disagree on this point. I don't see a benefit in using HTML text for simple text communication. You can have bold, italic and underlined adjustable font size by just using rich text. 'Ease of use?' What could be 'easier' than just plain text? > > > But to push feed the group a diet of HTML is IMHO just not on. We > > all pay for each download we make (if not on a time basis directly, > > then indirectly through reduced bandwidth and increased connect > > times) > > As one of the other posters said, the download time for email is typically > much shorter than over the web. > Of course, but please don't dodge the question by answering a different question that I never posed. Download time for plain e-mail is much less than HTML e-mail. > > Our new service gives our users what they > want faster and with more convenience, and that's what matters to us. Faster > also means cheaper, as you point out. > And it would be cheaper again if the e-mail was just plain text. > > To > summarise, I'm not sure where you got your 300% increase in overhead figure > from, as it is incorrect. > Is it? Here is a text message from Nigel Varey sent to this very forum on December 15th ------------------------------ David i would appreciate the uk commentary my email is nigelv@clear.net.nz regards & thanks nigel --------------------------------- and here is the HTML version of the same message --------------------------------- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html;charset=3Dwindows-1252" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FO size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>i would appreciate the uk commentary</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>my email is <A=20 href=3D"mailto:nigelv@clear.net.nz";>nigelv@clear.net.nz</A></FO NT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FON size=3D2>regards & thanks = nigel</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ---------------------------------- Most people don't realize the amount of rubbish they post when they post in HTML. In fact when they are shown what they do, by *not* turning off the HTML button on their e-mail program many are horrified. I stand by my 300% bloat in bandwidth figure and hope that this post will shcok a few more people into *not* posting in HTML. SNOOPY --------------------------------- Message sent by Snoopy e-mail tennyson@caverock.net.nz on Pegasus Mail version 2.55 ---------------------------------- "You can tell me I'm wrong twice, but that still only makes me wrong once." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To remove yourself from this list, email sharechat-request@sharechat.co.nz with "unsubscribe" in the body of the message, or use the unsubscription form at http://www.sharechat.co.nz/forum.html.
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