[geeks] Long lines (not telco)

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Aug 19, 2008, at 09:07 , Lionel Peterson wrote:

> I am sending this note from my iPhone, using the built-in email  
> client to enable me (and any others that may possibly interested) to  
> observe how this client handles long text lines - that is, if this  
> email client uses 'Format="float"', a current favorite of several  
> members and reputed to be a cure-all for all the formatting issues  
> of a certain long-winded list member (me). I would normally start a  
> new paragraph, but since my goal is to create a single line email  
> with well over 80 characters to see how this MUA, clearly a product  
> of this century (really that just means the last 7 plus years, but  
> it sounds more dramatic expressed that way), and is from a company  
> that is held by many ( both on and off the sunhelp maillists) to  
> almost always do the right thing and to sweat the details, including  
> complying with obscure RFCs. There, that should be long enough to  
> demonstrate how the iPhone email client handles plain-text and long  
> lines.

The lines are well over 80 characters, making it difficult to read.

However, it does appear flowed at least.

Maybe one day software will realize that long lines are not about old  
software, but about ancient human eyes.



-- 
Shannon Hendrix
shannon at widomaker.com