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On 08/04/09 00:11, clipka wrote:
> While I do understand why it makes sense technically, still it's stupid
> from the usability point of view, as probably everyone who re-installed
> Windows (carefully backing up the whole hard disk first), and then
> decided to switch over from Outlook to TB in the process, will happily
> confirm for sure.
Such people are few and far between. It's quite unlikely that a Windows
user will switch to TB right after reinstalling Windows.
> Following your argument, Open Office couldn't possibly be expected to
> read Microsoft Word documents without Word installed; now how stupid
> would *that* be? :-P
Because Microsoft Word was being used heavily by the majority.
Outlook's market capture is not even close. It's a small price to pay to
ignore Outlook.
> Now I wonder what happens if I reply in HTML format (and make full use
> of some essential features like using *bold*, /italics/ or
> _underline_...?) - especially how that will show up in the web interface.
*Don't!*
There are still plenty of folks whose clients don't have HTML support,
or stubborn oldtimers like me who disable HTML in their newsreaders.
I don't know about the web interface, but if someone does *bold*,
/italics/ or _underline_, my news reader will render it appropriately
(albeit without removing the delimeters). Just write it this way and let
the people set their newsreader behavior the way they want it.
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