RE: [Pan-users] Re: Start up error on 0.111

[Travis]

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Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 12:37
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Subject: [Pan-users] Re: Start up error on 0.111

> On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:34:27 -1000, Kevin Brammer wrote:
> 
>> On 9/8/06, Duncan <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>>> If you /must/ use HTML in your posts...
> 
>> Damnit, it wasn't supposed to be HTML.  I don't know why gmail
keeps
>> changing back and forth.  I send all emails as text, so there's no
>> reason why it would be on HTML...
> 
> This seems to be a recurring problem with gmail users (of
> which I am one).  I was poking around in the gmail web
> interface trying to find any way of changing the posting
> style, and the only thing I found is the item just under the
> "attach file" icon in the 'compose' window which allows you
> to switch between 'plain text' and 'rich formatting'.
> 
> This is a confusing interface design, IMO, because it
> represents 'what I want' rather than 'what I have now'.  The default
> 'compose' window displays the prominent 'rich formatting' near the
> top, which might easily be misinterpreted to mean 'I am now
> composing with rich formatting' when it really means 'click here to
> use rich formatting'. 
> 
> Dunno, just a thought.
I use both POP3 and webmail versions of GMail and it never switches to
HTML by itself on me.
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Travis in Shoreline Washington