On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 09:27:59PM -0400, veegee wrote:
> On another note, can someone please clarify this for me:
>=20
> Why do older adults (middle-age+, grandparents) insist on putting a milli=
on
> exclamation marks, question marks, various font styles/sizes, inconsisten=
t
> capitalization and spacing, and obviously incorrect grammar in their
> emails?

Irritating isn't it?  Also seen in community newsletters, not just
e-mail.

I speculate that it is because they once could not do this.

The younger generation were always able to do this, so they asked
themselves if they should.

I also speculate that it is a normal reaction to having the controls
present in an application.  If the controls are so prominent, they get
tweaked.

(I avoid the problem by forcing all e-mail into plain text, using a
font that I find easiest to read; Terminus.  This method also loses
links, which does seem to be beneficial in most cases.  It is also why
I include links in full or as references at end of message.)

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James Cameron
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