use of html now acceptable ?

JoeHill joehill-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org
Thu Nov 27 13:26:04 UTC 2003


On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 08:09:07 -0500
dave morton <dmorton-VBJBm02B4Ag at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I notice the use of html emoticons (i.e. smileys etc) creeping into
> technical discussion lists. Is this now considered good form?

I think the smileys are "rendered" automatically by your mailer, interpreting a
colon dash semi-colon as a "wink". I haven't noticed anyone sending in HTML.

'Twould be nice if we all spoke the King's English, but ya gotta live with a
little variety, knowwhatimsayin'? ;-)

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