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Re: Could we start accepting rich-text postings on the gcc lists?
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Robert Dewar <dewar@adacore.com> wrote:
> On 11/24/2012 12:59 PM, Daniel Berlin wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Robert Dewar <dewar@adacore.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> 2) The fact that Android refuses to provide a non-HTML e-mail capability
>>>> is ridiculous but does not seem to me to be a reason for us to change
>>>> our policy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Surely there are altenrative email client for Android that have plain
>>> text capability???
>>>
>>
>> Yes, we should expect users to change, instead of keeping up with users.
>
>
> Well my experience with HTML-burdened mail is awful. From people who set
> ludicrous font choices, to bad color choices, to inappropriate use of
> multiple fonts, to inappropriate use of colors, it's a mess.
>
> I think it is perfectly reasonable to expect serious developers to
> send text messages in text form. BTW, our experience at AdaCore, where
> we get lots of email from lots of customers, users, hobbyists, and
> students, sending email from all sorts
> of programs, is that yes, occasionally they send us HTML burdened
> email, but almost always when we ask them to adjust their mailers to
> send text, they can do so without problems.
Hey - customers even send mails with only a pdf attachment that
contains a scanned sheet of paper with hand-writing ...
Richard.