No, we are all as lazy as you Walt, and of course I would likely not bother
if the link were to be unclickable (despite what I wrote below!). But with
a user who doesn't even know what URLs look like, best keep them away from
potentially dangerous practices. Example: I know you are capable of
handling a Glock with the respect it deserves - I hope you would not assume
the same of me.
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Walt Wayman
Sent: 01 February 2006 16:38
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: email
I'll take what appears to be the minority position here. Maybe I'm just
lazier than many of you, but there have been times when, faced with copying
and pasting instead of just clicking, I decide I'm not that interested and
it ain't worth the effort, when if I coulda just clicked, I woulda. But I
certainly would never exert the effort to write and scold somebody about not
having a workable link. I've got far better things to do -- like taking a
nap or wondering if there's anything on TV worth finding the remote to turn
the thing on.
Oh, almost forgot. With PC and IE some version, second link hot, first link
not.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Actually, it's more serious than that. I do *not* want clickable
> hotlinks in an email, thanks very much - I get plenty of clickable
> links apparently from BancAmerica, Paypal, eBay and such (which are,
> of course, not from their apparent source) that anything to eliminate
> such a bad habit is what we over here call "a jooly good thing".
>
> --
> Piers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Paul Braun
> Sent: 01 February 2006 14:54
> To: Olympus List
> Subject: [OM] email
>
> Plus, have users gotten that lazy that if a message contains a url
> that somehow isn't clickable, they'll reply to the sender and scold
> them for not knowing how to send links instead of simply
> copy'n'pasting the link into the damn browser?
>
> Sorry. Done ranting.
> --
>
>
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