[Gllug] [OT] Largest mailbox EVER!

[David Damerell]

On Wednesday, 19 Nov 2003, Jack Bertram wrote:
>* Jason Clifford <jason at ukpost.com> [031119 10:58]:
>>That arguement is simply proof that people are seeking to use email 
>>incorrectly.
>things are becoming easier.  You seem to be keeping to the 1970s notions
>of "email should be plain text so as not to waste bandwidth", but most
>people who use email for business aren't concerned about that - they're
>concerned about time and speed.

How to save time? Don't give people a million formatting options to
dink about with in a usually ephemeral communication medium.

>Evidence?  There are enormous quantities of evidence suggesting that
>well-used styles can make a big difference to comprehension.  For
>example, consistent formatting of major/minor headings, subheadings,
>etc.

... which you won't get from some guy let loose on an HTML email
client.

These things may help in large documents. However, the majority of
email isn't large documents and most corporates top-quote, rendering
commenting effectively on large documents almost impossible; as a
result of this second factor they tend to have a separate repository
for large documents, separate editing procedures, etc.

The last large document of a techical nature I wrote was 10,000
words. Of all the comments I've had on it, none of them were "gosh, I
wish the chapter headings didn't just have lines of equals signs under
them."

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David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?

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