Re: Use of Markup and CSS in emails
- From: Bergamot <bergamot@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:59:55 -0600
Michael Andersen wrote:
Designing a fancy "newsletter" for a webmail should be straight forward as
the markup and CSS should work accordingly to the browser used for the
email.
You'd think that's how it would turn out, but that's not the case. I've
seen surprisingly bad results in comcast web mail, for example, because
of the way they handle web mail. The browser is irrelevant.
But what about installable email clients like MS Outlook and MS Outlook
Express? I would assume those two would use the IE rendering engine.
Again, not necessarily true. Outlook 2007 does not use IE7, but the
pitiful Office built-in browser. I used to have a bookmark to an article
about this, but seem to have lost it.
Any
hints or references to ressources regarding this?
Should I just keep it simple or go quirky mode?
Would it be fine to use nested tables?
If you're going to send HTML email, the simpler the better. Nested
tables are definitely out. I think there' an article at A List Apart
about html email that's worth a read.
What are your thoughts and experience regarding this?
My thoughts are that HTML email sucks. Don't do it if there is an
alternative.
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Berg
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