Message Number: YG13450 | New FHL Archives Search
From: sukieferret
Date: 2002-06-01 18:11:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Things were a mess today

--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "miamiferret" <mjanke@m...> wrote:
> Some of the fonts and colors that people use to post are really
> horrible and make for a very difficult read. When you have a 50
>or 60 line post that consists of one paragraph and little
>punctuation, fonts that are extremely small, colors that have
> poor contrast against a white background, etc., and you end up
> with a post that some people will just skip over.
>
> Please consider using plain text for your important medical
>posts

THANK YOU so very much for saying that, Mike.

I am among those with impaired eyesight and there are some
submissions that I simply can't read due to lack of contrast, or
small or frilly font. There will be a number of us whose eyes
simply can't cope.

I agree that run-on paragraphs also add to people simply
skipping posts. Not making a question clear may also reduce
replies.

Oh, and PLEASE when you are referring to amounts like two
tenths, please, write it as "0.2" because if you just put ".2" many
with poor eyes or who are rushed will miss the decimal point.

Thanks for bringing this up, MIke! It sure would help.