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Panther on Track for September
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Re: I hope (wish) MAIL supports HTML email
Dude, ASCII is the only way to go. HTML email looks like CRAP to those of us who have to (all or part of the time) use a text-based client like pine. HTML is not an email standard, nor should it be.
Originally posted by DanUk2003
PLEASE GIVE ME HTML EMAIL!!!
Dude, ASCII is the only way to go. HTML email looks like CRAP to those of us who have to (all or part of the time) use a text-based client like pine. HTML is not an email standard, nor should it be.
Pine?
As long as we're being picky...
Ditch Pine and use mutt!
The joy of writing and replying to your email in vi.
I don't even touch pine anymore.
Jaedreth
ps. I think this whole plain text vs html vs "formatted text" is kinda silly. There will never be one standard that pleases everyone, and yes, I admit HTML email can be hazardous to your health (if you use Microsoft products especially), there are appropriate times and places for each. And there are also view options.
As long as we're being picky...
Ditch Pine and use mutt!
The joy of writing and replying to your email in vi.
I don't even touch pine anymore.
Jaedreth
ps. I think this whole plain text vs html vs "formatted text" is kinda silly. There will never be one standard that pleases everyone, and yes, I admit HTML email can be hazardous to your health (if you use Microsoft products especially), there are appropriate times and places for each. And there are also view options.
All I can say on the matter is that if the HTML isn't written properly, which a lot of the time it isn't, then the email can look like an unintelligible mass of confusion and sloppiness.
TRUE, TRUE, TRUE.
I think we should keep our minds open and realize that e-mail won't be "plain text" forever. Eventually, especially with the continuing proliferation of broadband, we will want to use e-mail in more complex ways, including embedding images and video in manners not as rudimentary as a file attachment.
However, I do NOT think HTML is the answer. HTML is too generalized, fractured, and generally overdone to serve this purpose. Hopefully, something slimmer and more graceful will come around...
Getting back to Panther for a minute, has anyone else noticed that 7B28 is the most unstable version of Panther yet?
I am having more problems now then ever before. Everytime I click on reply or forward in mail the app crashes. I have Safari crashing all the time. I have WeatherPop Advanced crashing at least twice a day as well. The trash bin never empties unless I do it manually, hitting the empty trash button does nothing. I could go on and on.
I've reinstalled Panther as well, but keep having the same problems. I would hope Apple addresses some of these problems. I don't feel that Panther is ready for a September release just yet.
I am having more problems now then ever before. Everytime I click on reply or forward in mail the app crashes. I have Safari crashing all the time. I have WeatherPop Advanced crashing at least twice a day as well. The trash bin never empties unless I do it manually, hitting the empty trash button does nothing. I could go on and on.
I've reinstalled Panther as well, but keep having the same problems. I would hope Apple addresses some of these problems. I don't feel that Panther is ready for a September release just yet.
I think each release only includes specific bug fixes, other parts might be an earlier build. It helps focus development and means you're not releasing a fully working OS.