{ 2008.06.18 }
Certain complexities arise only because people have something they are trying to sell. Or, perhaps they arise for other, less insidious reasons, but linger and proliferate as a result of that first postulate.
Take HTML e-mail, for instance. I spent the better part of an afternoon trying to craft an HTML e-mail that works in multiple clients. Yet, I do not receive HTML e-mail from anyone except from those who are either trying to sell me something or from those few friends and family members who think it’s fun to use “cutesy fonts.” The former need to find another medium and the latter just need to not be given the option. Perhaps I sound a bit like Andy Rooney, but HTML e-mail needs to go away. E-mail is for communication, and if the person communicating can’t deliver his or her message in plain text only, then either he or she needs to learn to write better, or if visual communication is absolutely necessary, include an appropriate diagram as an attachment. Don’t make me involuntarily download your bloat.
Also, you kids need to get off my damn lawn.