Oh I agree that the formatting that rich text provides *is* usefull. The point I have is that before this can be used (without consequence) in email with the outside world, we have to find a solution for the "spam tracking through images" problem. I don't know about you, but I do everything I can to avoid getting on spam lists with my day-to-day email accounts. And doing that requires blocking thinks like HTML since it can provide tracking for spammers.
I see how everything you describe would indeed be useful, but I consider the damage caused by spammer misuse of those same features to be far too much of a hinderance at this point.
Because the web was designed for HTML. Email was not. Email is much less anonymous. You can't send spam to an IP address and expect it to follow the user *anywhere* they go, like you can with email. I'm sure you know all of this.
When I open an image on a web page, it doesn't track my email address, and accordingly, sign me up on the "active email" spam list.
I believe most clients don't implement this feature on *purpose*. HTML mail seems to only be used by advertising and spammers that want to track if you opened the message or not.
I use Outlook and have installed a NoHTML mod that automatically disables HTML from being rendered. Instead it just spits out straight text. It's wonderful.
Are all their customers forced to have incredibly sub-par "tv guide" screens with their digital cable package? Ours shows a measly half hour in FULL SCREEN format and is 1/3 ads.
If you have ever seen a Time Warner guide, you'd understand why I'm complaining.
But seriously, is this something that can be fixed by exchanging the digital tuner with another brand or something like that? I honestly can't believe that Charter's only choice is this terrible terrible guide that shows only a half hour in the full screen guide.
I can't believe no one else pointed this out! Did you see the HUGE rant on why we should all just bend over and use both IE and Windows just because everyone else does?
I'm interested in what you know about Cingular. I just learned myself that they support both TDMA and GSM in the same phone. They have 2 models that do this, the Nokia 6340i and the Sony Ericsson egg-shaped phone.
So my question is this: If Cingular is currently using TDMA and transitioning to GSM, then why would they ALSO be adding WCDMA? I mean, isn't that 3 networks to support by the same company?
Here's a source of info on the transition from TDMA to GSM. There are other places where you will read the same thing, of course: The driving force behind this standard is the fact that two major US carriers - AT&T Wireless and Cingular - are both transitioning their networks from TDMA to GSM technology. During the transition period, they will be operating both types of networks at the same time. Therefore, it will be beneficial to have phones that work seamlessly on both types of networks.
From: http://www.phonescoop.com/glossary/term.php?gid=2
...then the competition has nothing to worry about.
My parents have Charter digital cable and the channel guide--IMO the reason to get digital--is the worst implementation I've ever seen.
About HALF the screen is a constant ad, you can see about an hour of time, and a total of about 8 channels at once, whereas with TimeWarner, you can see about 4 hours at once in a big full-screen guide, and about 15 channels at once. Everytime I visit, I can't help but go off about what a poor quality channel guide they have compared to TimeWarner's digital offering. Why must half the screen be used for ads instead of a nice big channel guide? It's easier to either pick up the paper, read a TV Guide, or go to tvguide.com than it is to use the one they include!
I've written them about this and they're reply was something like: "There wasn't any more information displayed at once prior to having ads."
Don't they even TRY what the competitors are offering? I know cable is a localized monopoly, but geez. I would never pay for that after having used TimeWarner's system.
I don't people will be able stand up against the US military with their guns. The US military could crush any pockets of resistence.
You think none of the people that are in the military would become part of the revolution? Think about it. They all have regular "citizen" familes too...
I have come across this myself. I didn't understand what was happening until the parent's post. The only indication of an attachment (other than the person declaring it) is that the size of the email is obviously bigger than a text-only email.
You expect Joe Public to be able to comprehend the GUI of SS&D? Yeah right...
Ad-aware is MUCH cleaner and simpler to open and tart a scan with. This is *very* important simply because the people that most often have trouble with spyware are the same people who have less computer skills then us IT people.
Spybot's update link is buring in the tiny little "online" button on the side. Who is ever going to notice that unless they go through all the options? This is a CRITICAL component! What good is a virus scanner or spyware scanner without keeping updated ref files? Not good at all... Now look at Ad-Aware 6. As soon as you open it up, the first two options are START and Update Now. Simple, easy, and effective. The differences in the engine simply do not matter if the user can't easily keep it updated and easily find the START SCAN button.
-1 file to backup.
-1 file to store on web server to access remotely.
-Because it's a regular HTML file, it opens in any web browser, regardless of the filesystem it's stored on.
Don't know what you're talking about, I was able to run the 2000 betas up to sp2 on my machine with funky hardware (stealth s220, some pci soundcard, a realtek nic, and eventually my voodoo2). It rarely ever blue screened and if so it was because of a beta driver. In fact a few months after receiving the beta, I made a permanent switch to 2k instead of 98.
Yeah, that seems to be my experience as well. 2000 always did everything just fine. And played all my games as well...
What about XP is so much better than 2000? The fischer-price interface?
Seriously though, The differences between 2k and XP seem to be that XP boots much faster (not needed when you don't ever turn it off!) and that XP uses like another 20-40 mb of RAM when idle just after boot. And of course some minor GUI flashiness.
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Oh I agree that the formatting that rich text provides *is* usefull. The point I have is that before this can be used (without consequence) in email with the outside world, we have to find a solution for the "spam tracking through images" problem. I don't know about you, but I do everything I can to avoid getting on spam lists with my day-to-day email accounts. And doing that requires blocking thinks like HTML since it can provide tracking for spammers.
I see how everything you describe would indeed be useful, but I consider the damage caused by spammer misuse of those same features to be far too much of a hinderance at this point.
Because the web was designed for HTML. Email was not. Email is much less anonymous. You can't send spam to an IP address and expect it to follow the user *anywhere* they go, like you can with email. I'm sure you know all of this.
When I open an image on a web page, it doesn't track my email address, and accordingly, sign me up on the "active email" spam list.
If I ship something to Los Angeles and get ripped off, I can contact the Post Master General, the FBI, the internet fraud prevention center, etc.
If I ship to Europe, or anywhere outside the US, who am I going to go to for help? See the problem now?
"Windows that supports HTML in e-mail.
I believe most clients don't implement this feature on *purpose*. HTML mail seems to only be used by advertising and spammers that want to track if you opened the message or not.
I use Outlook and have installed a NoHTML mod that automatically disables HTML from being rendered. Instead it just spits out straight text. It's wonderful.
...do you think they'll have a Total Recall?
Buh-dum-dum-TSHHH!
Serious question since you work for Charter...
Are all their customers forced to have incredibly sub-par "tv guide" screens with their digital cable package? Ours shows a measly half hour in FULL SCREEN format and is 1/3 ads.
If you have ever seen a Time Warner guide, you'd understand why I'm complaining.
But seriously, is this something that can be fixed by exchanging the digital tuner with another brand or something like that? I honestly can't believe that Charter's only choice is this terrible terrible guide that shows only a half hour in the full screen guide.
I'd sign up with any company that doesn't load an assload of shit onto your computer during the install. SBC/Yahoo doesn't make this list.
Can anyone say Yahoo-customized browser? YUCK.
I use AWStats on my website, and Mozilla Firebird 0.6 identifies as "Mozilla 5.0". It doesn't look like you searched for that...
Film and scanner? Not only do you need a lot more money (film processing! yikes!), but you will need *vastly* more time to do this as well.
I'm interested in what you know about Cingular. I just learned myself that they support both TDMA and GSM in the same phone. They have 2 models that do this, the Nokia 6340i and the Sony Ericsson egg-shaped phone.
So my question is this: If Cingular is currently using TDMA and transitioning to GSM, then why would they ALSO be adding WCDMA? I mean, isn't that 3 networks to support by the same company?
Here's a source of info on the transition from TDMA to GSM. There are other places where you will read the same thing, of course:
The driving force behind this standard is the fact that two major US carriers - AT&T Wireless and Cingular - are both transitioning their networks from TDMA to GSM technology. During the transition period, they will be operating both types of networks at the same time. Therefore, it will be beneficial to have phones that work seamlessly on both types of networks.
From: http://www.phonescoop.com/glossary/term.php?gid=2
Yeah, the US might have the most GSM towers but it certainly does NOT have the best GSM *coverage*.
That's quite a big, but important difference.
...when you take the entire stack of razors, then leave them in the next aisle.
...then the competition has nothing to worry about.
My parents have Charter digital cable and the channel guide--IMO the reason to get digital--is the worst implementation I've ever seen.
About HALF the screen is a constant ad, you can see about an hour of time, and a total of about 8 channels at once, whereas with TimeWarner, you can see about 4 hours at once in a big full-screen guide, and about 15 channels at once. Everytime I visit, I can't help but go off about what a poor quality channel guide they have compared to TimeWarner's digital offering. Why must half the screen be used for ads instead of a nice big channel guide? It's easier to either pick up the paper, read a TV Guide, or go to tvguide.com than it is to use the one they include!
I've written them about this and they're reply was something like: "There wasn't any more information displayed at once prior to having ads."
Don't they even TRY what the competitors are offering? I know cable is a localized monopoly, but geez. I would never pay for that after having used TimeWarner's system.
I don't people will be able stand up against the US military with their guns. The US military could crush any pockets of resistence.
You think none of the people that are in the military would become part of the revolution? Think about it. They all have regular "citizen" familes too...
I have come across this myself. I didn't understand what was happening until the parent's post. The only indication of an attachment (other than the person declaring it) is that the size of the email is obviously bigger than a text-only email.
You expect Joe Public to be able to comprehend the GUI of SS&D? Yeah right...
Ad-aware is MUCH cleaner and simpler to open and tart a scan with. This is *very* important simply because the people that most often have trouble with spyware are the same people who have less computer skills then us IT people.
Spybot's update link is buring in the tiny little "online" button on the side. Who is ever going to notice that unless they go through all the options? This is a CRITICAL component! What good is a virus scanner or spyware scanner without keeping updated ref files? Not good at all... Now look at Ad-Aware 6. As soon as you open it up, the first two options are START and Update Now. Simple, easy, and effective. The differences in the engine simply do not matter if the user can't easily keep it updated and easily find the START SCAN button.
He didn't mean "make out." Quite a difference.
Who is this MicroSoft you speak of? I'm only familiar with the Microsoft(TM) that makes such products as Windows and Office.
Maybe you're thinking of PeopleSoft?
Is it NetScape to you? How about MacroMedia?
[Bart and Lisa are reading a magazine at the Kwik-E-Mart]
Apu: "Hey, hey, this is not a lending library! If you're not going to buy that thing put it down or I'll blow your heads off! "
With Mozilla Firebird (which is currently replacing mozilla suite anyway), only your first bullet item is true.
Now have you seen the list of things that IE doesn't support but Mozilla does? It's just a bit longer than one point.
-1 file to backup. -1 file to store on web server to access remotely. -Because it's a regular HTML file, it opens in any web browser, regardless of the filesystem it's stored on.
Don't know what you're talking about, I was able to run the 2000 betas up to sp2 on my machine with funky hardware (stealth s220, some pci soundcard, a realtek nic, and eventually my voodoo2). It rarely ever blue screened and if so it was because of a beta driver. In fact a few months after receiving the beta, I made a permanent switch to 2k instead of 98.
Yeah, that seems to be my experience as well. 2000 always did everything just fine. And played all my games as well...
What about XP is so much better than 2000? The fischer-price interface?
Seriously though, The differences between 2k and XP seem to be that XP boots much faster (not needed when you don't ever turn it off!) and that XP uses like another 20-40 mb of RAM when idle just after boot. And of course some minor GUI flashiness.
Have you ever even owned an nvidia card?