Hi Ian,
<snip>
> I think the fundamental problem is that some people are still very much
> attached (pun not intended)
And none taken .-)
> to their text-based e-mail client (Pine, Pico or whatever), and I
> completely agree that on this BB we have to cater for the lowest common
> denominator. If communicating legible equations by e-mail was a
> priority for them, you can be sure they would move to a MIME-compliant
> e-mail client.
</snip>
It is not just attachment, it is not just hating to be forced to herd the
mouse around the desktop, it is also sensible use of hardware resources:
On my ancient linux box 'pine' fits in 2251 KB of physical memory, whereas
'firefox' needs 49736 KB (and several seconds) just to get going. Needing
50 MB of physical memory to be able to read 20 lines of text, sounds
wasteful. I agree with your point concerning equations, but I have my
doubts whether we should aim to fit all possible communication media
inside a good-old SMTP-based mailing list (when it comes to communicate
legible equations we normally use other media, like pdf files produced
from pdflatex).
My twopence
Nicholas
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Dr Nicholas M. Glykos, Department of Molecular Biology
and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, University Campus,
Dragana, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece, Tel/Fax (office) +302551030620,
Ext.77620, Tel (lab) +302551030615, http://utopia.duth.gr/~glykos/
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