Yet another reason to Hate AOL

Unfortunately, I know a LOT of AOL users who are so computer
illiterate that they won't change 'cause they believe the whole darn
Internet starts and stops w/ AOL.

Yep. My mother is one of those


This certainly doesn't mean it is a charactaristic of all (or even the
majority) of AOL users.

And it isn't the fault of AOL, either.




www.Rosspilot.com

Rosspilot wrote:

This certainly doesn't mean it is a charactaristic of all (or even the
majority) of AOL users.

And it isn't the fault of AOL, either.

No, but what makes it a problem for me is that she switched over to sending her mail
in HTML format ('cause she likes the fonts). When my browser receives HTML, it
translates it into text, and everything's fine. Except for HTML messages from AOL. I
don't know what AOL does to their HTML, but I cannot reply to one and edit the reply.
The original text received is added as an appendage to my reply.

Back when she used text for mail, all the apostrophes and quotation marks came across
as garbage. That went on for years.

The frustrating thing for me is the fact that she used to be a logical person - you
can't build a reputation as a good programmer if you don't have an excellent logical
thought process. But she has an almost religious devotion to AOL and can't believe
that the problems we see are unique to AOL.

George Patterson
In Idaho, tossing a rattlesnake into a crowded room is felony assault.
In Tennessee, it's evangelism.