[Xquartz-dev] OT mail.app crash

[Jonathan Chetwynd]

Jordan,

your attitude and comment is what's obnoxious. the fact is that these  
users cannot easily communicate.
as a company rep. this may be in particularly poor taste.

The tools aren't there, the reason being that people who are  
illiterate often have little disposable income which means the market  
isn't 'commercial'.
I could include a whole page of images, but you might not understand  
any better.

there are examples of poor graphics being used badly.
"ascf df iuvarn mtvix cv" is subject to interpretation.
I agree

there are better examples and you can find them, just look around you,  
roadsigns, airports etc
then if you want sentence structure:
http://www.symbolworld.org/eLive/2008/apr08/news/snowstorm_america/snow1.htm
is just one. there are many more

The UK government commissioned these before our general election:
http://www.openicon.org/icon-ark/edemocracy.svgz
and a local borough created this PDF around voting:
http://www.makaton.org/docs/MakatonHowToVote.pdf
maybe if you can't read, you shouldn't get a vote?

google: jonathan chetwynd, Widgit, PCS, Makaton, Bliss or even ccf
  if you really are interested, there's a mass of work out there...

cheers


Jonathan Chetwynd

j.chetwynd at btinternet.com
http://www.openicon.org/

+44 (0) 20 7978 1764


On 29 Apr 2008, at 21:04, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

>
> On Apr 29, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Sierk Bornemann wrote:
>
>> I think, it's the best, if Jonathan resigns from using SVG as email  
>> signature and use plain text or, if image is a "must have", png or  
>> jpeg, unless the cause is found or fixed by Apple.
>
> I suspect it has been, though Jonathan should still re-consider  
> using images in his signature since, well, it's kind of obnoxious.   
> Even if his users are not literate and communicate purely through  
> symbols and sign language, as he alludes, I'm not sure how having a  
> signature depicting an embarrassed cloud really helps in this  
> regard.  At least, I think it's blushing.  Maybe it's just shiny in  
> the back, and those are reflected light rays.  I dunno, a picture  
> may be worth a thousand words, but if you google for "unfortunate  
> logos" you will also quickly find that the words are not necessarily  
> the ones people intend. :)
>
>> Otherwise I have to filter out and ban Jonathan through my email  
>> filters to not reach my folder and let crashing my Mail.app all the  
>> time I want to read the Xquartz group's mail.
>
> There's always alternative mail readers, but you might want to be  
> patient for just a wee bit longer...
>
> - Jordan
>
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