Twitexplosion – Fix it message to Microsoft.

24 06 2009

17 Ways to Visualize the Twitter Universe

 

   A perfect example of an online message send strong enough that MS responds..

Microsoft have confirmed they plan on using the Word rendering engine to display HTML emails in Outlook 2010.

 

This means for the next 5 years your email designs will need tables for layout, have no support for CSS like float and position, no background images and lots more. Want proof? Here’s the same email in Outlook 2000 & 2010.

Outlook 2010 is still in beta and Microsoft wants your feedback. It’s time to rally together and encourage Microsoft to embrace web standards before it’s too late.

Let’s use Twitter to send a clear message to Microsoft.

Join 5,927 others asking Microsoft to improve standards support and make sure you include fixoutlook.org in your tweet. We’ll pull together every tweet that includes the link here to give Microsoft a unified message from the community.

Microsoft, Outlook Is Broken, Says 6,000 Tweets (And Growing). Fix It. .


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