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From: Philipp Gesang <pgesang@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: ascii ribbon
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:16:01 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101219101601.GA6861@aides> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikEML_spaoR2u13vT_wD7EaZUHAZDfR3t8f+JOo@mail.gmail.com>


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On 2010-12-18 <20:58:01>, Philipp A. wrote:
> hi,
> do you really support this obsolete statement?
> 
> if so: why?
> 
>    - html mail is supported by every mail reader nowadays, and nowhere near
>    broken
>    - semantic html is way better for blind people than plain text, since it
>    is, well, semantically structured. something enclosed in em-tags will e.g.
>    pronounced in a accentuated voice by the screen reader.
>    - e mail sizes are no problem with today's hd capacity
>    - every proper mail reader does block pics from foreign sources for
>    privacy reasons
> 
> essentially: this was true, and isn't anymore.
> 
> if you think http://www.xkcd.com/386 , you are right, i'm like that :)



I refuse to discuss this matter outside a pub.



> 
> cu in the context forum,
> philipp

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-12-19 10:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-18 19:58 Philipp A.
2010-12-18 20:00 ` Philipp A.
2010-12-18 20:09   ` Hans Hagen
2010-12-19 10:16 ` Philipp Gesang [this message]

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