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Re: plain text only policy prohibits the use of android based mobile devices

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 19, 2011, 17:32 UTC
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David Brown <davidb@codeaurora.org> writes:
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> On Wed, May 18 2011, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> But I tend to consider that not allowing pure text messages is a gmail
>> bug/misfeature and needs to be fixed not by allowing html cruft on the
>> list, but by enabling poor gmail users to send pure text when they
>> want to.
>
> Doesn't clicking on "Plain text" work?  There are several people on lkml
> (includng Linus, I believe) who use gmail.

The WebMail interface let's you do that, but that is not what is discussed here (see the original message from Eugene).

On phones and Honeycomb tablet, no. The app gives "Reply Inline" and "Include Original" control, and when both are active, the user is fooled into thinking it would be sent in the text/plain, but it always seems to send mixed.

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  1. Eugene SajineMay 18, 2011
  2. J.H.May 18, 2011
  3. David MillerMay 18, 2011
  4. Eugene SajineMay 18, 2011
  5. ellis@spinics.netMay 18, 2011
  6. Eugene SajineMay 18, 2011
  7. Eugene SajineMay 18, 2011
  8. david@lang.hmMay 18, 2011
  9. ellis@spinics.netMay 18, 2011
  10. Tim MazidMay 18, 2011
  11. Eugene SajineMay 19, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2011
  13. david@lang.hmMay 19, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2011
  15. Randal L. SchwartzMay 19, 2011
  16. David BrownMay 19, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2011

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