[geeks] Long lines (not telco)

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Aug 19, 2008, at 12:38 , Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> 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.

...and yes, I know my software does it too, and it is endlessly  
frustrating.


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