If you read the MIME spec (NOT THE HTML spec), then you will see that
display (including line length) is the receiver's problem.
I am talking about Email not the Web. Just because HTML is sent in a
mail message does not change the mail ground rules.
If the sender choses to write lines longer than 80 columns then the
receiving client should be smart enought to display that text without
loosing anything.
>By using a "standard" line length but a larger font, you're
>guarenteeing that anyone with a "standard" sized window will lose,
>unless they ignore your markup.
>
NO I am not. Only those people with less than capable clients will
lose. I am tired of having to deal with broken or less featured
receiving clients. You could tailor and restrict the HTML you generate
in Mail, but we will let the user have full control. If he gets in
trouble then its his problem. The sending user will learn over time.
>I'm not saying that the composer shouldn't be able to control this
>stuff, I'm just saying that the HTML you sent is ugly. Those are very
>different statements.
>
I would think that ugly is a subjective point of view. You think it is
ugly then fine. But that is just you and others may not think so. Plus
its up to the sending user what format he choses. He could make it look
just fine by your standards.
>tags. The rest of it is gimickry for its own sake, and it doesn't
>come free.
>
I find it very hard to believe that you said this. There is a bunch
of stuff that can be done in HTML with images in MAIL that cannot be done
in standard MIME. "It doesn't come free", what in the world are you
talking about.
>But hey, you're welcome to generate ugly HTML in your product.
>I'm sure your users will vote with their feet...
>
Again this is totally uncalled for. I have tried to hold a conversation
with you so that mail readers in general can handle HTML in mail. Since
Netscape has the market share it has I believe that interoperation with
you guys is important.
>Nobody's telling web page authors that they can't make their pages look
>any way they like. But as yourself, when's the last time you saw a web
>page that looked like your message? With fixed-width fonts? With some
>fonts that were so small as to be unreadable? That looked really bad
>if your window wasn't exactly the right size?
>
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Now this is total nonsense. Who cares ? Its all about giving the sending
user all the control he can get. If he (me in this case) composes "ugly"
HTML then it is his personal business. Just as long as the sending user
has the tools he needs to construct what he wants.