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Ah, HTML email - table-based design is not dead! It looks a lot like how I wrote web pages in 1998. I appreciate that my current job is developing browser-only
by protonfish 13y ago
Ah, HTML email - table-based design is not dead! It looks a lot like how I wrote web pages in 1998. I appreciate that my current job is developing browser-only but it's good to remember these tricks in case I have to develop spam again one day.
- mrmch 13y agoAw, not all email is spam. Be conscious of the customer; while developers (you) prefer less/no email, many non technical people find it very valuable and have a different tolerance.
- joshuacc 13y agoAnd judging by the number of subscribers to Peter Cooper's newsletter empire, and my own humble offerings, many technical people have a different tolerance, too.
- protonfish 13y agoThat's true, but when you find yourself being the person responsible for implementing and sending bulk email, it helps to keep a sense of humor about it.
- mrmch 13y agoAbsolutely :)
- stonogo 13y agoAll HTML email is spam.
- eli 13y agoI'd encourage you to A/B test a text-only newsletter versus an HTML one. Or even just ask people which they prefer. I think you're in the minority.
- joshuacc 13y agoSpam is unsolicited email. I have 3,000 subscribers who voluntarily subscribed to a (primarily) HTML email newsletter. Why HTML instead of plain text? So that I can send articles with syntax highlighted code snippets.
- gschier 13y agoI used to love splicing corners and shadows into massive nested table layouts. I didn't realize that skill would someday be useful to me again :D