Re: [Dev-C++] gotoxy

[Bob W. <bo...@ph...>]

Well here goes,
  Your message only contains a few lines of bold text. How does such a =
formatting "enhance" the understanding.
To you nothing, but it is easier for a reader to distinguish the =
original from the response. Conversely, the ">" interferes with reading =
a paragraph. It is an unexpected character that slows down the eye and =
interrupts the flow of reading.

  Emails were designed to display well *everywhere*. Which email client =
I'm using should not matter. This is exactly the problem: you'll have to =
use Windows just to be able to read emails well.
Considering that dev-c++ was developed for windows, it is not =
unreasonable to expect emails to be originated and received by the =
e-mail utilities integral to windows.=20
  =20
  If MS [would] just ditch HTML and script support, invisible script =
viruses would not exist at all.
Perhaps, but I am not willing to underestimate the ability of people to =
cause problems on either the Internet in general or on our respective =
computers.=20
  This is not "my" environment, I'm talking about the mailing list's =
email archive here! You're messing up the archive, so no matter which =
browser/OS/computer/whatever you're using, if you look at the HTML mails =
in the archive, you will only see HTML tags.
  =20
In regards to the archives on the server of the e-mail discussions, html =
based e-mails should not be a problem here either, but they are. The web =
archival system should be able to display an html message "htmlly" as =
well as one that is purely textual. Obviously that is not the case, but =
it should be. To me, the inconvenience posed by the html tags when you =
review an html based message archived  on the web site is more than =
offset by the enhanced communications formatting offers to those who =
receive the message directly. That all assumes that the message is =
formatted in a way which does not detract from the communications. =
Please do not think that this paragraph is a slam directed at you or =
anyone else. It's not. It is simply a commentary on the level of =
maturity and sophistication of the Internet. We all tolerate things on =
the internet that we cause us to return software to the maker if it had =
the same errors or limitations we experience daily with various web =
sites.=20

Regards,

Bob