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Ask HN: HTML styled newsletters? or Plaintext?
Which do you prefer? or don't care?
- Fastidious 12y ago+1 Plain text.
- gespadas 12y ago+1 Plaintext using Markdown syntax.
- mikejarema 12y agoInteresting -- are there email clients which can process Markdown and display the body with its intended styling?
- blcknight 12y agoNo, but it's human readable styling.
- nazgul 12y agoThis is something you really have to test. You can ask, but people often think one thing but react differently.
- wnevets 12y agoI prefer creating plain text emails. I prefer reading lightly styled html emails.
- blcknight 12y agoYou can send both formats, and in fact, if you send text/html, you should send a text/plain copy as well. As one of the remaining mutt users out there, nothing annoys me more than html mail. I don't read it.
- tsuyoshi 12y agoMost HTML email I receive also has a text version. I prefer text, but I don't see why you can't do both.
- percept 12y agoI much prefer plain text, but this really depends on your target audience. Based on personal experience I believe those who don't live and breathe this stuff 24/7 prefer a little window dressing. If it is styled, I recommend minimizing the amount of scrolling required to reach your text. (For example, I don't see much value in a large header mit logo.) But test, and ask the same question of your prospective readers, if possible.
- acveilleux 12y agoMIME multipart/alternative type is what you want to use. RFC2346 section 5.1.4.
- maximem 12y agoFor a BtoC product HTML style I'd say: attractive.... For BtoB, SaaS Product: Plain or HTML but very light.