Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:20:18 +0100 | From | Frank v Waveren <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Re: (0 == foo), rather than (foo == 0) |
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On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 02:31:15PM -0500, David Ford wrote: > >high resolution screen, perhaps even 400 columns. If you are > >sending mail to somebody, you need to make sure it fits on > >their page, not your page. > And you have no idea what size screen they have. Some text users I know > like to keep their screens at 60 chars so they can fit more terms on > their desktop. Others have 100+ columns. Let the end user flow the > text according to their own wishes. > > Basic concept in good content presentation, you provide the content and > style, let the reader render it according to their page > characteristics. Don't try to force everyone into 640x480, 72 columns, > or a particular text size.
This is good design, however horribly incompatible with the current state of email/news postings. Luckily, a solution that doesn't break anything has been found: If you want your text wrapped by the MUA, use format=flowed in the content type header. Read RFC 2646.
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