At 12:15 AM 2002-07-07 -0700, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
>Nick Simicich wrote:
>>I assert that you have given up no functionality that is actually
>>meaningful in the context of communicating using e-mail. Please note
>>that I consider the ability to set your fonts, sizes, etc, detrimental to
>>this process --- I have a font that is easy for me to read and colors
>>that are easy for me to read. Any changes to this slow me down and
>>distract from the message.
>
>I consider tightly integrated email and calendaring to be something not
>doable in a standards-based environment and not to be given up.
And whose "non-standard's based calendar wins?" Alternatively, "When do
you want to meet?" in a plain text message works everywhere.
If you are scheduling meeting rooms, then you can assume assent if no one
else is meeting.
If you are scheduling people, you need buy-in....unless they work for you
and you can order them to go. So automated scheduling simply does not work
across organizations.
>I consider all of the things you consider detrimental to sometimes be
>beneficial -- such as when delivering a presentation via email.
I can never see a situation where it would be appropriate to deliver a
presentation by e-mail that a URL to a web site would not be
superior. Especially not in the mailing list context.
>>Awww.....my heart bleeds for you. I put forth the assertion that the
>>"functionality" you give up is mostly meaningless complexity and has
>>nothing to do with the sort of communication that the real world systems
>>we administer (e-mail lists) are designed for.
>
>I totally disagree. Again: if a list also meets off-list or by chat,
>integrated scheduling would be a boon. For that matter, delivering a
>usable Java or ActiveX chat thin-client in a message body would be as well.
Suicidal. Microsoft has even turned off active X and Java by e-mail by
default. Again, I can see absolutely zero advantage to delivering such
tripe in e-mail --- sending a URL would be superior in all cases I can
imagine.
--
"Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of
nature!"
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Nick Simicich - njs@scifi.squawk.com
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