Is there an ADA recommendation FAQ for listserv lists? Or do individual
companies create their own?
Most of our customer base is in a highly wired area. But we do have
people that put out separate versions of their lists. One in HTML and
one in text. I was thinking about approaching management and creating a
policy to do that.
We also need to place communications into the new cell phone formats in
a more compact version so we can deliver effectively to cells and
blackberries etc. I've found HTML mail hard to avoid but wouldn't open
anything from a non-trusted source. Even then I would be cautious. I
haven't seen an Iphone yet.
Nate Eckstine (DoIT CityWide Webteam)
City of Seattle Department of Information Technology
700 Fifth Ave. Suite 2700
Seattle, WA 98104-5065 USA
(206) 733-9658
>>> Paul Russell <[log in to unmask]> 6/21/2007 12:39 PM >>>
On 6/21/2007 15:01, Nate Eckstine wrote:
> Why is posting in HTML discouraged? We have a lot of announcement
lists
> that post exclusively in HTML
>
> In a discussion list I could see where it would be difficult if
people
> were posting bad html to a list.
There are some people in this world who need their incoming email to
be
text-only, including, but not limited to:
* Individuals with vision problems who use text-to-voice software to
read
their email to them.
* Individuals who have limited network connectivity and/or who must
pay,
often dearly, for every byte they send and receive.
And there are a few who want their incoming email to be text-only,
including,
but not limited to:
* Individuals who believe that HTML in email poses a security threat.
* Individuals who believe that HTML in email is an abomination.
Say what you will about the members of the last two groups, but have
at
least a modicum of consideration for the individuals in the first two
groups.
If you are absolutely certain that HTML email is acceptable to each
and
every recipient of your message, then go ahead and add all the busy
backgrounds, cutesy colors, and fancy fonts that your heart desires.
If you are not absolutely certain that HTML email is acceptable to
each
and every recipient, then perhaps it might be a good idea to send the
message as plain text. If you simply cannot bring yourself to send
plain
text, send both plain text and HTML. Those who are offended by your
decision will either complain or filter future messages from you.
Lest you get the impression that I am a rabid anti-HTML-email bigot,
I will point out that I am the editor/publisher of a monthly email
newsletter which is sent as both plain text and HTML.
There are times when HTML email is appropriate; there are times when
it
is not appropriate. Unfortunately, those whose email clients are
configured
to send HTML email by default seldom, if ever, ask themselves whether
it is
an appropriate format for every message.
--
Paul Russell, Senior Systems Administrator
OIT Messaging Services Team
University of Notre Dame
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