Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:37:56 -0500
From: Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: gah! let's try that again - Re: google word list
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On 12/21/2010 7:46 AM, mark wrote:

>  Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>
> > Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm fine with plain text, but I draw the line at fixed-width
> >> fonts, all of which look ugly on a monitor screen, ...
> >
> > But a lot of text is in the form of tables or columns, intended to
> > line up vertically. One approach would be to be able to easily
> > switch between fixed-width and proportional fonts, and to not
> > complain unless both looked wrong.
> >
> >> We're living in nearly the second decade of the 21st century
> >> now, Keith, not the eighth decade of the 20th century. I find it
> >> odd that a man as much into personal computers as you are has
> >> chosen to remain in their early years of development, softwear,
> >> etc.
>
>  <snip> Yo! <raises hand> Computer professional, been working (when
>  not unemployed, um, sorry, "between positions") as such since 1980;
>  been on the 'Net since late '91. I DO NOT DO HTML EMAIL, PERIOD. The
>  *greatest* way to spread viruses, trojans, and all *sorts* of
>  malware. In plain text, you can't hide where you're trying to get
>  someone to link to.
>
>  So, really, if anyone wants to send me anything *not* plain text,
>  send it as an attachment. I certainly don't need pretty junk on a
>  mailing list, since I'm on the mailing list *only* to hear what other
>  folks say, and make comments of my own: content, not cosmetology.

As I said (above), "I'm fine with plain text" for emails; it's what I
use myself on all but the rarest occasions. Are you also someone who
uses a monochrome screen/monitor, and has never seen anything on
YouTube, or Flickr, and eschews all graphic displays?  (I won't ask
about Facebook or Twitter, since Keith is probably unaware of them....)

--Ted White