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html-mail-vs-plain-text [2017-11-04 22:17] andreas Added input from LUGA.at discussion 2017-10. Overhaul of references. |
html-mail-vs-plain-text [2017-11-22 22:35] andreas + Reference to Jason Rodriguez about HTML Email accessibility |
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| as [Security Advisories for Thunderbird]) | as [Security Advisories for Thunderbird]) | ||
| * Privacy hazards (e.g. HTML is used to track users) | * Privacy hazards (e.g. HTML is used to track users) | ||
| - | * Content more likely to be falsely categorized as spam (citation needed) | ||
| * Some automated systems (e.g. mailing lists) do not accept HTML and will | * Some automated systems (e.g. mailing lists) do not accept HTML and will | ||
| reject messages, or use only the alternative plain text part, or convert | reject messages, or use only the alternative plain text part, or convert | ||
| the HTML potentially causing formatting issues. | the HTML potentially causing formatting issues. | ||
| * Requires HTML aware software | * Requires HTML aware software | ||
| - | * Reduced accessibility? | ||
| * Double effort (HTML _and_ text need to be formatted and checked) | * Double effort (HTML _and_ text need to be formatted and checked) | ||
| * Little guarantee that HTML will be shown as intended | * Little guarantee that HTML will be shown as intended | ||
| * More distractions (e.g. font selectors, emoji buttons) | * More distractions (e.g. font selectors, emoji buttons) | ||
| * Harder to write (formatting takes more time) | * Harder to write (formatting takes more time) | ||
| - | * "[Angry fruit salad](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/angry_fruit_salad)": | + | * "[Angry fruit salad]": Every user chooses a different font in a different |
| - | Every user chooses a different font in a different color and different size. | + | color and different size. |
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| * Text is shown by all devices and programs | * Text is shown by all devices and programs | ||
| * Accessibility as good as it gets | * Accessibility as good as it gets | ||
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| + | ## Criteria to consider | ||
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| + | * False positive spam: It is unclear whether HTML mails are more likely to be falsely categorized as spam. | ||
| + | * Accessibility: It is unclear whether HTML mails that include alternative plain text parts are less accessible, for instance for text to speech conversion. | ||
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| * Wikipedia: | * Wikipedia: | ||
| [HTML email](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_email "Accessed 2017-10-11") | [HTML email](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_email "Accessed 2017-10-11") | ||
| - | * LUGA.at thread | + | * Jason Rodriguez: [HTML Email and Accessibility | CSS-Tricks](https://css-tricks.com/html-email-accessibility/ "Accessed 2017-11-22") Recommended, extensive article published 2017-11-22. |
| - | [Plain Text vs. HTML-Mails](http://www.luga.at/mailing-lists/luga/2017/10/threads.html#00041 "Accessed 2017-11-03") | + | * LUGA.at thread "Plain Text vs. HTML-Mails" |
| - | October + November 2017. | + | [October](http://www.luga.at/mailing-lists/luga/2017/10/threads.html#00041 "Accessed 2017-11-05") + |
| + | [November](http://www.luga.at/mailing-lists/luga/2017/11/threads.html#00003 "Accessed 2017-11-05") 2017. | ||
| * Niti Shah (HubSpot Marketing): | * Niti Shah (HubSpot Marketing): | ||
| [Plain Text vs. HTML Emails: Which Is Better? [New Data]](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/plain-text-vs-html-emails-data "Accessed 2017-10-29") | [Plain Text vs. HTML Emails: Which Is Better? [New Data]](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/plain-text-vs-html-emails-data "Accessed 2017-10-29") | ||
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| [Kaputte Zitate im Plain-Text von Gmail]: http://www.luga.at/mailing-lists/luga/2017/10/msg00005.html "Accessed 2017-10-11" | [Kaputte Zitate im Plain-Text von Gmail]: http://www.luga.at/mailing-lists/luga/2017/10/msg00005.html "Accessed 2017-10-11" | ||
| [Security Advisories for Thunderbird]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/ "Accessed 2017-10-11" | [Security Advisories for Thunderbird]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/ "Accessed 2017-10-11" | ||
| + | [Angry fruit salad]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/angry_fruit_salad "Accessed 2017-11-04" | ||
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