[RP TownTalk] [RP ComTalk] TownTalk Display of messages

[Alan Thompson and Sarah Wayland]

Well, let's see if the new settings for TownTalk fix things for you. If 
anyone else has feedback regarding odd message formatting, please send it 
to me directly (no need to pollute the lists any further with this 
discussion.)

-Sarah

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, David Hiles wrote:

> the display problem also exists when i look at the archived list in
> firefox 1.5
>
> another manifestation is some messages come across with 3-5 words per
> row. recent examples include messages from ron oppenheim, ken laureys
> and audrey bragg.
>
> On Dec 13, 2005, at 8:05 AM, Alan Thompson & Sarah Wayland wrote:
>
>> I've just changed the settings such that messages that are posted with
>> HTML formatting will be converted to plain text for [TownTalk] only. I
>> strongly suspect that the messages to which you refer, both sent by
>> MSOutlook mailers, may have actually been sent in Rich Text Format, in
>> which case this setting won't matter. I can't seem to find a setting
>> that says "all formatted messages should be converted to plain text."
>>
>> Some members of our committee (I know Rob has spoken to this issue
>> before) feel very strongly that allowing formatted posts is important.
>> I personally feel that text-only messages allow more people to see
>> messages in a readable format.
>>
>> This seems like something the ComTalk committee should discuss. Do
>> other committee members  have an opinion?
>>
>> -Sarah
>>
>> On Dec 12, 2005, at 6:58 PM, David Hiles wrote:
>>
>>> Most messages coming to the list display fine, others are less
>>> accessible to me, and perhaps to others.  Is there a way to set up the
>>> list management settings so these messages display in a more readable
>>> form?  Messages that are hard to read may get second class attention
>>> from list members.
>>>
>>> It would be nice if they all appeared in the same form, and we could
>>> judge each message on its content. Or author.
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>> 1) Messages sent in html format.
>>> Recent messages from Bruce Warnek appeared as no text except an html
>>> link.  When I clicked on the link, I got his message in the (readable
>>> but discouraging) form of super long lines of text.
>>>
>>> 2) Messages that appear as one long line per paragraph.  I have to
>>> scroll to the right to read the whole thing..........................
>>> A recent message from Stuart Eisenberg about the Town Crier/Chapter 3
>>> issue appeared in this format.
>>>
>>> WE are who we have been waiting for.
>>> http://riverdalepark.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
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