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<font face="Arial">Comment #3 I think says it all.<br>
<blockquote type="cite">For most people, emails are just not
expressive enough</blockquote>
So why is that...Certainly the capability is there, but the "ease
of use" is not.<br>
When I say the capability is there, that's just theoretical. From
the practical aspect, we are far from the mark.<br>
One trip from a novice into HTML compose is all that it takes to
put new users off.<br>
We can't even provide a consistent default font selection, let
alone commonly used web tags like marguee or embed.<br>
And now we have core Gecko deciding that those tags should be <a
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580442">sanitized</a>
for all platform users.<br>
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I know some folks shudder at the prospect of a marquee tag in an
email, but when used discretely, it adds dynamism to mail.<br>
The same goes for the embed tag. And remember that there is always
the option to View>>message body as simple html or
plaintext.<br>
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Just for the record, the equivalent of the Facebook environment
has been around for years.<br>
It's called Newsgroups, the only thing different is that a
newsgroup is a locus of friends, rather than an individual contact
point.<br>
<br>
Now here's a thought, mozilla-messaging provides a small (maybe
sponsored) profile page, available to web-search with<br>
anonymous forwarding to a hidden email addy. Wouldn't that be
something, a MOMO web-ring sponsored by...Google???<br>
Google might like that if a Google profile, and gmail account was
required, or even just advertised.<br>
<br>
This could be a "real name" clearing house, where we use maybe an
app like "mailman" to forward the request for mail contact.<br>
Registration could be offered, on TB first use.<br>
<br>
I'm looking at 3-4 Facebook "friend requests", from family member
no less. Yet they all know my personal email addy.<br>
We should tap into that seemingly basic desire for a common
meeting point.<br>
<br>
Rambling on....<br>
What about a news-server where the initial post is the equivalent
of a Facebook page, and the other threads are hidden unless they<br>
are permitted "friends" That could lead to some interesting
challenges in threading, as well as how the interactions would
proliferate.<br>
Of course the news-server wouldn't be web accessible, but that
could be a distinct advantage.<br>
<br>
Let's allow some flair, and expressiveness in mailnews, and make
it easier to compose. <br>
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<b>JoeS</b> </div>
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