"LISTSERV list owners' forum" <[log in to unmask]> wrote on 07/07/2005 02:11:33 PM: > My philosophy has always been to make certain messages are as > "disability friendly" as possible. Using html with backgrounds, colored > fonts, pictures, etc., prove to be very difficult for people who use > specialized email applications (screen readers, braille, etc.). > Additionally, unless it is intended only for your corporate or .edu > LAN, many people are still on dial-up and don't appreciate the extra > time it takes to download html laden messages. Or consider the person lucky (or cursed) enough to have to read them on a wireless PDA such as a Palm Treo or Blackberry. How about people using WebTV or one of those mailstations? And does pine count as a "specialized email application"? I know someone that still uses pine to read all his mail... Hasn't been bitten by an email virus yet!