-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 18 May 2002, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> Although I actually have a terminal (can't say I use it much though), > I sometimes wonder if email conventions should be derived from > limitations of such ancient hardware. In some sense, its a good > practice to require as little as possible from the clients, but is > 80x25 a limit that anyone is facing anymore? Yes. I'm at work right now on a VT100. People still use old hardware and will likely still use old hardware for as long as they can be repaired and pressed into service (read: indefinately, terminals are pretty damn robust). > I guess new limits come with pocket computers, mobile telephones, and > whatever means people read their mail with these days. Pocket computers gracefully rewrap text (usually) so they're not an issue (though it would be nice if the email software that comes with it would respect the 72 column rule even if it doesn't display it). I don't see anybody reading on thier telephones. I mean, yeah, I'm going to use my 12x4 display to read email because it's the most pleasant and easy on the eyes interface. Though one time I got a hold of my roommate's cellphone and subscribed him to a few high traffic lists on it. It took him a couple days before he realised it wasn't going to stop on it's own and he'd have to go for it himself. Nice part about those three days is you couldn't lose him, he was beeping every couple minutes. (He got me back by pouring out my Molsons and refilling the bottles with Coors, though everybody in the house said that was below the belt: You simply don't subject *anyone* to American beer[1]) > So, a better argument for wrapping lines at 72 chars would perhaps be > that it make the text easier to read (even if you have real screen > estate that could handle a lot more). True. xterms are by default 80x25. [1] There's a difference between American beer and Oregonian beer, though, Widmer Brothers and McMenamins are still good; Henry Weinhards used to be good until they sold out to Miller, they're brewed out of St. Louis and the formula changed: it tastes like Miller Lite now. - -- Baloo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE85cu+NtWkM9Ny9xURApO/AJ9FKKnsY+M4DPg0OFW31VWgClkpbQCfc8KC fE6gR8ntTRXCnoCOtIsC/xQ= =GlUC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
