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Show HN: Sendune – open-source HTML email designer

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Re: Show HN: Sendune – open-source HTML email designer

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Post by johannes1234321 »

NoboruWataya wrote: post #20
samdung wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it has not evolved much. and i believe that's a good thing. this is the reason why emails from 20 years ago look the same even if you open them today. given the short life of everything on the internet, email is a wonderful thing.

Yes, I have no idea why UI practices need to constantly "evolve". As far as I am concerned a lot of UI is getting worse over time so the less evolution the better.

There is some need to evolve as contexts change. Screen sizes and capabilities, computing speed, available bandwitdth etc.

Also humans seem to need fashion as a mechanism to show belonging and distinction. (Differentiate form parents generation, show affiliation to some sub culture, ...)

And then there is the hope to make the production more efficient. (Which may not work out)

Re: Show HN: Sendune – open-source HTML email designer

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Post by carlosjobim »

orra wrote: post #32

Cool that you open sourced this. As you say there's nothing open quite like this. Not using MJML as a design decision. Foes that simplify deployment a lot, or just keep things lighter? In turn, do you have to strangle a lot of compatibility issues yourself? etc. Thanks.

I think it's distinctly uncool that this was published as open source. OP should charge money from all the swines that will use the software, including people like me.

Re: Show HN: Sendune – open-source HTML email designer

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Post by [deleted] »

rmbyrro wrote: post #5

I have the personal impression that it would be a net positive if all emails were written as text. Ok, in some cases I see why html would make some sense. In those cases, my opinion is: send text and invite the person to view markup content in their browser. The e-mail context is not suitable for markup, styling, and all this stuff.

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Re: Show HN: Sendune – open-source HTML email designer

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Post by fitsumbelay »

dethos wrote: post #39

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My sentiments are totally with this comment, however as others have pointed out you can deliver both via plaintext fallback

And in defense of html emails: for marketing missions there's nothing like a nice piece of visual design -- layout, color, possibly some type design, but not necessarily images since folks like me turn them off because of tracking -- to get attention and drive interest. Also, html can allow for column layout that could keep email content shorter than plain text version

Re: Show HN: Sendune – open-source HTML email designer

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Post by kevinsync »

dethos wrote: post #39

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I would wager that the vast majority of people consume email via Gmail, Outlook, or Mail (Apple). You might have the holdovers like my parents who still use Thunderbird (because in early 2000's that was ideal of POP3 accounts, and they're used to it, and that's just how it will remain). All of those clients display HTML by default, and all marketing / account-related / branded emails are HTML emails. Every single reason cited in your link for choosing plaintext are irrelevant for the overwhelming majority of internet users worldwide. We could definitely productively debate the ethics surrounding marketing initiatives and data privacy, but at the end of the day, to me, plaintext destroys most of the functionality that makes email so useful.
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