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Re: Use plaintext email
#2I would like to read more details about "The former is strongly preferred". Why is plain text preferred and by whom?
Re: Use plaintext email
#3I would like to read more details about "The former is strongly preferred". Why is plain text preferred and by whom?
Re: Use plaintext email
#4I would like to read more details about "The former is strongly preferred". Why is plain text preferred and by whom?
I had the same reaction and at the bottom it goes more into details of the reasoning why plaintext is better. I, however disagree on pretty much all the points.
Re: Use plaintext email
#5Why is this a Show HN? It's just a web page, isn't it?
Re: Use plaintext email
#6I would like to read more details about "The former is strongly preferred". Why is plain text preferred and by whom?
There is info about it. "4. Why is plaintext better than HTML?"
Re: Use plaintext email
#7I would like to read more details about "The former is strongly preferred". Why is plain text preferred and by whom?
Keep reading the article:
HTML emails are mainly used for marketing - that is, emails you probably don't want to see in the first place. The few advantages they offer for end-users, such as links, inline images, and bold or italic text, aren't worth the trade-off.
and more at https://useplaintext.email/#why-plaintext
Re: Use plaintext email
#8> Rich text features desirable for end users include things like inline images, bold or italicized text, and so on. However, the tradeoff isn't worth it. Images can simply be attached to your email, and you can employ things like asterisks, /slashes/, _underscores_, or UPPERCASE for emphasis.
Well, why bother writing his own post in rich text then? He has headings, bold, links, grey font at the bottom, image.
Don't get me wrong - for high security systems/environments, plaintext is way to go. For everyday life use cases I prefer html. Although with Markdown rendered text I would be pretty happy. And enough for author to cover his post sans the green/red boxes and grey text.
Re: Use plaintext email
#9> Rich text features desirable for end users include things like inline images, bold or italicized text, and so on. However, the tradeoff isn't worth it. Images can simply be attached to your email, and you can employ things like asterisks , /slashes/, _underscores_, or UPPERCASE for emphasis. Well, why bother writing his own post in rich text then? He has headings, bold, links, grey font at the bottom, image. Don't…
The page footer might interest you. It directly answers your question.
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"But if plaintext is so good, why is this page written in HTML?"
This is a reference document, not an email, you twit.Re: Use plaintext email
#10Why is this a Show HN? It's just a web page, isn't it?
Probably because Sir_Cmpwn just made it. Considering his other e-mail-related website[1], I'd say that's why.