> From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On > > HTML may look nothing like the author intended. > > Now if the author is more interested in his layout than > readability and accesibility, let alone transport costs, then > he's obviously stupid. More likely the author is simply thoughtless. I have a Treo device, plain text email markup works a lot less well than properly designed HTML. The problems with HTML are almost entirely the result of people trying to give the author control over the final format which is none of the author's beeswax. It is somewhat ironic to see 'printability' touted as an advantage of plaintext. IETF documents are dreadful to print out because they will only print on -printers with a particular font and a particular size of paper. If you try to print out RFCs in Europe or on the most popular O/S on the planet you get the headers creaping forward or back a line or two. I also agree about the PDF font problem. I do have problems printing pdf documents from time to time and every two weeks acrobat asks to upgrade itself, then if I forget and click yes thinks for a while before concluding that it can't upgrade my copy which is the paid version, not the free one. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf