Re: Email library/API
- From: Olof Oberg <mill pedgr571 sn umu se>
- To: gnome-devel-list gnome org
- cc: joelreed yahoo com
- Subject: Re: Email library/API
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:30:35 +0100
joel reed wrote:
> --- Olof Oberg <mill@pedgr571.sn.umu.se> wrote:
> > HTML is not a layout language.
>
> wrong.
Ditto.
[snip]
> > Misusing HTML like this only helps spreading the
> > idea that
> > HTML is a way to exchange visual formatting in a
> > 'platform
> > independant way'.
>
> that's exactly what it is for.
Umm, no it isn't. Nothing visual about HTML.
On a handheld text-only device (for example) your visual formatting
has no relevance other than making it harder to get to the meaning
of the information.
Maybe any further discussion about the merits of HTML should be
held privately.
/mill
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