I don't care for all upper case either, agreeing that it tends to appear
like shouting even though it is probably intended only to be emphasis.
My post was simply making a helpful suggestion to deal with incoming
messages that are in upper case.
On Wed, 29 Jan 1997 20:11:51 GMT jlong@mti.net (Joe Long) writes:
>On Wed, 29 Jan 1997 13:58:57 PST, you wrote:
>
>>Hi - Just a suggestion, lots of internet software (or email software
>=
>like
>>the Juno I use) allow you to change colors and fonts of the messages
>you
>>see on the screen. (And background colors.) This can be helpful if
>you
>>have visual problems. I see a little double (astigmatism) and find a
>>softer, reddish brown color is easier to read than black. I also
>like
>>"arial" letters which are plainer than "roman."
>
>Unfortunately, no software that I know of converts upper case to lower
>case.
>
>Regardless of the colors or fonts, most people (including me) find
>text
>written in all caps more difficult to read. On the Internet, posting
>or
>e-mailing in all caps is considered bad "netiquette;" it's as if the
>person writing is SHOUTING at you!
>
>There was a time back in the "dark ages" when some computers (and some
>computer printers) didn't have lower case. That is not true of any
>modern computer, but you still occasionally see databases, for
>example,
>done in all upper case. But please, folks, use courtesy in your
>Usenet
>posts and e-mail and type in upper case ONLY when you want to SHOUT!
>
>--=20
>
>Joe Long
>jlong@mti.net
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