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cK-Gunslinger wrote:
> John Lewis wrote:
>
>> I have just opened six HTML postings to this newsgroup in succession.
>>
>> Plain text please. HTML is a huge waste of net bandwidth and totally
>> unnecessary for newsgroup postings.
>>
>> Must be a silly bunch of newbies in the newsgroup world.
>>
>> John Lewis
>>
>>
>
> Here we go again.. Flame on! (I'll start =)
>
> First, I don't really believe the 'net is running so dangerously low on
> bandwidth, that a few 8k message posts are going to bring it to its knees.
However, this is not a binary newsgroup. Further, every hotel does not have
broadband access in the rooms. In fact most don't.
There is something called "manners". Nobody is going to die or put you in
jail if you drink your soup from the bowl instead of using the spoon, but
you also are probably not going to get invited back to that household if
you do. Unfortunately, it seems fashionable these days to be rag-mannered.
The ultimate result of this is often legislation which is intended to force
people to show good manners.
> Secondly, it's not at all "totally unnecessary" for *all* occasions.
> Sometimes, a nicely formatted HTML message can be much clearer and even
> more concise than a plain text post with attempts to implement 'fake'
> formatting features like *BOLD* or _underlined_ text.
If it's that important to you get a browser that interprets attribute tags
for you.
> Or worse, some
> chart-like data that could be precisely and quicky converyed via a small
> table, versus some god-awful ascii line art.
Huh? One can format tables just fine using spaces or tabs. If you mean a
chart then provide a link to a web site or post it in a binary group.
> Anyway, if you are such a proponent of "the way it should be," then, by
> all means, sell your car and buy a horse. Move that toilet back to the
> outhouse and enjoy your MSDOS-based PC, with your 16-color video device.
> The rest of us are just going to go ahead and move on, using a NG
> reader that has been updated in the past 6 years. See ya back in 1993!
Well, now, folks like you can try to "move on". But in point of fact what
you are achieving is a reduction in the audience for your posts. Further,
if you continue to post HTML to binary newsgroups eventually just about
everybody is going to killfile you.
While things change that does not mean that all things must change or that
changing them is a good idea.
>
> --
> cK
>
>
> (you'll notice that my post in in text. i do try to respect the norm in
> any newsgroup i participate in, but to just blast people for
> non-conformity is stupid and a waste.)
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--John
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