[FFML] Review of Drunkard's Walk II

[Adrian Tymes]

--- On Mon, 9/29/08, The Wanderer <inverseparadox at comcast.net> wrote:
> Arthur Hansen wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Adrian Tymes <wingcat at pacbell.net>
> > wrote:
> >> Try sending it as plain text.  This list doesn't accept
> >> WYSIWIG-formatted HTML email (sorry, no bold, italic, or
> >> icon-smileys, although normal ":)" is okay).
> > 
> > Which was annoying in 2002, now it's plain archaic. I basically won't
> > post to the FFML because it mooshes my formatting.
> 
> No, it's simply correct. E-mail is plain text, and should not be
> anything else. HTML E-mail should never have been devised, and should
> never be used.

It has its applications and uses.  However, HTML is rather excessive for
most of the types of stories posted to this list - and anyone who has a
problem with writing in plain text in general, has a problem writing.
(I emphasize "in general": it has its place for some stories, but if you
don't think you can write without bolding and italics - or multiple font
colors and sizes, or other advanced HTML options - then chances are you
can't write well even with those.)