hi Hugo,
- Hugo Roy hugo@fsfe.org [2010-03-30 17:34:21 +0200]:
When you attach a file to an email, please make sure that your correspondent will be able to read your files correctly. It is a basic principle of courtesy. There is an easy way to make sure it is possible: use open standards. If you do so, your correspondent will have the possibility to choose which program he or she wants.
Perhaps it would be good to have a list of different attachements. For example:
- Text: Include it directly in the e-mail. If it has more formating there are other options like html, tex, rtf, odt, ...
it has more formating -> it needs more formating ?
Somebody already made the point that often formating isn't needed even if it's already present and accessibility / portability / bigger audience might be more interesting.
On the other hand. RTF is open in any way ? It's been ages since I last tried but I think not even one version of MS Office could open another version of MS Office rtf docs correctly. Let alone third party apps. It had a published especification by a single party that changed it with every revision of some of its software.
- Audio: Use ogg vorbis, or if you need a better quality flac.
- Images: ...
That's if you can't do anything better than attach huge files to mails, but that's probably another story.
Beside that I like the text.
Me too, thanks.
And for me the page at http://documentfreedom.org/Open_Standards is well meant and in the right direction, but needs more work, in the lines of what was already pointed out in this list. I'm not sure I could really improve it and keep it simple and short. But tha twas another thread or the wiki, I guess...