Re: [Evolution] Evolution Editor needs serious attention

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 20:54 -0400, George Reeke wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 15:24 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > > If tongue in cheek then smiley, if serious then don't you think
> > > that
> > > would be rather a retrograde step since almost every email these
> > > days
> > > is html. 
> >
> > I think that's a bit of a blanket statement - it depends on the
> > audience.
> Just a random thought here:  Could it be that the absurdity of
> html email pushed on people by Microsoft et al might be part of
> the reason why so many people now prefer texting to using email,
> as it gives them (without their realizing it) many of the benefits
> of plain text email and a little pushback against the big email
> vendors?

I think it's a lot more complicated than that. I deal with the yoof all
the time and my impression is that they see email as being the more
formal end of the communication spectrum - you get emails from teachers
and lecturers and the bank, you get messages from your friends. Text
(i.e. SMS) is very last century - most people use some other form of
instant messaging - Snapchat, FB messenger, WhatsApp and so on - they
don't really care which one, they aren't loyal and they often use all
of them at the same time. And they often use richtext enhancements -
emoji, photos, gifs, avatars, fonts, colours etc. So it's not that they
want plain text, they want something quick and reliable to have real-
time conversations on their phone. Email just doesn't work well in that
environment.

P.