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Bogomil Shopov <bogomil@bogomil.info> Thu, 08 February 2024 10:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Sml] text/plain and SML data display
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Thanks Marcel,

My comments are inline:

On 2/8/24 11:21, Marcel Bokhorst wrote:
> Hello Bogomil,
>
> The default is to show reformatted HTML, which will not be the same as 
> the original message, but will be 100% safe while showing a subset of 
> useful styling options. This is in between plain text only and full 
> HTML, with less of the disadvantages of both.
I don't want to  switch to HTML. I was wondering what would be the 
experience for users such myself and some other users using plain text 
manly/only for many reasons.
>
> You can switch to the original message view (full HTML) with a button 
> just above the message text near the right side.
>
> It is also possible to download the plan text part only and load the 
> HTML on a case by case basis when needed. I don't recommend this, 
> though, because more than a few people missed important information, 
> simply because there are more and more senders that do not send the 
> plain text part anymore! :-(
This is understandable. I was reading the spec and in order to work the 
message SHOULD (i cite) both text/plain and text/html. Should this be 
then adapted in the specification to MAY (rfc2119) in such case?
>
> My recommendation is to use the default reformatted message view.
>
> Kind regards, Marcel
Have a wonderful day!
>
>
>
> Op do 8 feb 2024 om 11:15 schreef Bogomil Shopov <bogomil@bogomil.info>:
>
>     Hello everyone,
>
>     I hope you are having a wonderful day. I was inspired by FOSDEM to
>     look
>     deeper into the topic and I am fascinated by the work done already.
>     Thanks a ton.
>
>     I have more like a observation than question.
>
>     As a fan of the text/pan format only, what would my experience
>     will be
>     in my email client? I know it depends on the developers of course,
>     but
>     I'd love to hear some more thoughts.
>
>     Do you think it's going to be in-mail text/plan placement like #1
>     or an
>     additional pane (HTML or native) as in #2 (see the screenshot).
>
>     If this list is not good for such discussions, please let me know.
>
>     Also, is there anything I can help with?
>
>
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