Zeldman On HTML Email
June 08, 2007

So, Mr. Zeldman recently wrote about how HTML e-mail sucks - and I totally agree with him. In my day to day work life, its amazing how many "professionals" think that 19Pt. Comic Sans colored bright pink is acceptable. My favorite quote?

"Designed" e-mail is just a slightly more polished version of those messages your uncle sends you. Your uncle thinks 18pt bright red Comic Sans looks great, so he sends e-mail messages formatted that way. You cluck your tongue, or sigh, or run de-formatting scripts on every message you receive from him. When your uncle is the "designer," you "get" why styled mail sucks. It sucks just as much when you design it, even if it looks better than your uncle's work in the two e-mail programs that support it correctly.

So perfect. Now, you may view my epileptic poodle of bad design. Bonus points for including it in an HTML signature back to one of these "designers".