RE: E-mail [Re: Wow, are we EVER OT! [Re: Games]]

by Kym Jones <kjones(at)adam.com.au>

Date:	Wed, 04 Apr 2001 02:19:41 +0930
To:	Dennis Lapcewich <dlapcewich(at)intira.com>, hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
Cc:	"'Villano, Paul'" <VillanoP(at)usachcs.army.mil>
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agreed and well said too :)


At 10:43 AM 3/04/2001 -0500, Dennis Lapcewich wrote:
>So I take it you don't like HTML email, eh, Paul? :)
>
>Nice post.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Villano, Paul [mailto:VillanoP(at)usachcs.army.mil]
> > PERSONAL OPINION:
> >
> > The main problem I see with browser e-mail is a combination
> > of greed and
> > poor web skills.  The main appeal of browser mail is to be
> > able to access
> > your mail from anywhere.  But greedy folks will insist on posting
> > advertising all over the page, and their poor web skills will
> > make these
> > monkey-punching, jumping credit-card distraction websites not
> > only hellish
> > to view but eternal to download.  With total disregard for viewers and
> > thoughts of sugar plum advertising revenues dancing in their
> > heads they will
> > continue to pile on the ads to the point where actually using
> > the page with
> > any kind of practicality becomes impossible because of slow
> > load times.  AOL
> > is already famous for this.  "AOL anywhere" but the load
> > times are so slow
> > because of huge, slow-loading graphics (on top of any other
> > AOL problems)
> > that it becomes not worth the effort to try to read your
> > e-mail outside of
> > the actual program.
> >

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