[Dev-C++] gotoxy -> HTML is evil

[Andres R. <lo...@ho...>]

Hello!

Bob, IMO you are a Bill Gates of that list! HTML is evil and specialy
with M$ products.
About viruses.. ' active involvement' in not always neceseary. Your
precius Outlooks have so much open doors to use to get a virus in!
About HTML code generated by M$ products: it's the worst I've ever seen
in my entire life! Try generate a webpage using Frontpage or even worst,
Word. Then wind up Macromedia DreamWeaver and try clean up code. Then
you can see how much irrelavent tags you have in there. For example: Do
a usual table (5x5) in word and by hand. Word generates 3k file than
handmade is only about 200 bytes! What a waste.

Have you ever used some other OP systems than Windows?? You should!

Andres.

-----Original Message-----
From: dev...@li...
[mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of Bob
Wilson
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 6:22 AM
To: Dev-C++ User Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] gotoxy

> > > Here's my list of arguments:
> > > 1) You're only sending an email here. Markups are completely
redundant.
> > > All this HTML only waste space and bandwidth.
> > >=20
> > > 2) HTML mail with hardcoded fontnames look horrible in my Linux
> > > emailclient.
> > >=20
> > > 3) HTML mail can contain script viruses.
> > >=20
> > > 4) HTML mail mess up the archives. When you try to see a message
in the
> > > archive, you see all the HTML code instead of the email!
Well, that all depends! What follows is better than what is above.=20
Here's my list of arguments:=20
=95 You're only sending an email here. Markups are completely redundant.
All this HTML only waste space and bandwidth.
=95 HTML mail with hardcoded fontnames look horrible in my Linux
emailclient.=20
=95 HTML mail can contain script viruses.=20
=95 HTML mail mess up the archives. When you try to see a message in the
archive, you see all the HTML code instead of the email!
Let's look at your arguments one-by-one:
1. Yes, I am sending an email, the purpose of which is to transmit
information. Understanding is enhanced with good formatting which is
allowed with automated html email programs such as Outlook or Outlook
Express. The multiple ">" which appear in non html forwarded emails can
not only inhibit comprehension, but also the inability of such an email
does not have any word wrap which combined with the ">" can make the
whole message damn near unintelligible.=20
2. This is the real problem, your environment or at least your email
program.
3. It is certainly true that I or anyone else can build an html file
which will do nasty things, but the programs that generate html enabled
emails (Outlook, Outlook Express) will not activate a virus without the
active involvement of the person who receives the email.=20
4. Again it is your environment that is the problem.=20
Regards,
=A0
Bob
=A0