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From: VanguardLH on 6 Apr 2010 21:50
hisson wrote:

> It's kinda useless if you have to open the gif
> in another window. My point is that it should be up to the user if they want
> to disable animated gifs. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean
> everyone has to have it your way.

It's up to the user as to what e-mail client they use, not you. You can
never guarantee that any HTML content you compose will render the same in
the recipient's e-mail client as it does in your choice for an e-mail
client. In Outlook 2003/2007, it *is* up the user if they want to view
animated GIFs: just select to view the e-mail content under the Internet
security zone (i.e., use the Internet view) rather than under the default
Restricted Sites security zone. They do have a choice: whether they are
going to bother watching nuisancesome and/or intrusive animations or not.
The default is "not" but they can chose otherwise. That's how it works in
Outlook. In other e-mail clients, the recipient may not be able to view
animations at all or they might. You don't get to specify what e-mail
client the recipient uses.

Also, stop trying to use an e-mail client as a web page. Put a link to your
web site and have the recipient click on it (*if* they so choose) to go see
your fancy smancy web site with all those images, animations, graphics, and
other fluff. If you want to present the full range of content available in
a web page, have recipients go to a web page. It is far more likely that
how you compose your web page (provided you include code to accomodate the
behaviors of the 5 major web browsers) is how your recipients will see it.
From: N. Miller on 7 Apr 2010 14:00
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 07:21:01 -0700, hisson wrote:

> I don't use pornographic gifs. We use gifs to dress up announcements and
> maybe brighten someones day. It's kinda useless if you have to open the gif
> in another window. My point is that it should be up to the user if they want
> to disable animated gifs. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean
> everyone has to have it your way.

It is up to the recipient, not the sender, how email will be viewed. Sorry,
that's just the way things are. You don't get to tell me how I view your
email. I choose for myself.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
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