+xMRi Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Hi! I just struggled over an email that I received from another member. Previously it was a standard text message and was perfect. Now I get an HTML formatted email! Why. Can I stop this? I don't like the overhead. Also reading on a mobile device, text messages are smarter to handle. TIA Martin Quote Link to comment
+EngPhil Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Agreed, this HTML is annoying and unwanted. At least make it a selectable preference. Leave HTML on the website and for people who select it, but let the rest of us keep our plain text please! Quote Link to comment
+xMRi Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Please Groundspeak! Offer a switch in the profile like in other forums. Stop this HTML stuff. Even when I want to answer I can't quote to longer emails. All text is inserted into a HTML table tag. That is very nasty! Quote Link to comment
+wuliwup Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 (edited) Why the text mail format was banned? Is there a possibility to configure, that I can receive "Text"-mails, which also can easily be read on smartphones? Edited June 30, 2014 by wuliwup Quote Link to comment
+wuliwup Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I want back the "TEXT" mail format. Is is not very confortable to read HTML-mails on mobile devices!! Quote Link to comment
+Pontiac_CZ Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I'm all for returning to good old plain text e-mails as well. Or at least the option to choose whichever format we'd like to receive. Quote Link to comment
Dr.Knallwurst Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Please bring back the plain text e-mail support! Quote Link to comment
+van der Decken Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I agree. Please bring back the plain text email support. Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 HTML sucks, text is cool. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I too would like the option to choose plain text. Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I'm suppossing this was asked for by the geocaching community? I just find it hard to believe that Groundspeak would initiate a change like this for no good reason. I too like good old fashioned text emails and would like to see it come back. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I'm suppossing this was asked for by the geocaching community? I just find it hard to believe that Groundspeak would initiate a change like this for no good reason. I'm sure it was done in the name of making things look fancier. Unfortunately, they've again only partially implemented a change, so we get inconsistencies in the emails that get sent by the site (ie. notification emails are still plain text). Personally, I don't have any problems with the HTML emails. That's just me, though, and I completely understand that there are other people for which plain text is the only viable option. I'd fully support either a reversion back to plain text or an option to choose between HTML and plain text. The format doesn't matter to me, but it does to others. BTW, I think this would have been a good topic for discussion in the User Insights forum. The membership could have voiced their concerns before such a major (for some) change in functionality was made. Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I'm suppossing this was asked for by the geocaching community? I just find it hard to believe that Groundspeak would initiate a change like this for no good reason. I too like good old fashioned text emails and would like to see it come back. The weekly email use to be text. It was nice, quick and easy to scan. But then it went HTML. Your basic train wreck. But it does have some nice green in it. The comments were overwhelming bring back the text. We're still waiting. I suspect the email change will follow a similar course. Unwanted, not desired, but we get it any how. Quote Link to comment
cezanne Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 The html format for e-mails is very annoying. Please provide at least the option to switch back to text mode. Quote Link to comment
+pancakes&bacon Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 +1 HTML emails are really annoying. Quote Link to comment
+cheech gang Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 S.O.P. I am sure there is a great reason behind this change. Unfortunately we likely will never get the opportunity to judge for ourselves.😢 Quote Link to comment
+van der Decken Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 I'd really like to know that reason. Plain text worked for me both in graphical and text environments. HTML does not. Quote Link to comment
+Bunya Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) Although it looks like it is a complete waste of time to ask, I'd like to add my request for plain text communications to at least be an option. My email client sometimes locks up when displaying the weekly newsletter and when I asked for the option for plain text to be re-instated, I was just told to change my email client. T h a n k s. And now the added pointlessness of email advisories in HTML. I can only add my bewildered "WHY?". Edited July 6, 2014 by Bunya Quote Link to comment
cezanne Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 My email client sometimes locks up when displaying the weekly newsletter and when I asked for the option for plain text to be re-instated, I was just told to change my email client. T h a n k s. For the newsletter one could simply unsubscribe. However, if someone owns virtual caches or Earthcaches, one cannot choose to ignore incoming mails. Replying to longer mails where some of the provided answers are wrong and some are correct is quite annoying. In my opinion, the switch to html for the mails is of much higher significance than in the case of the newsletter. Moreover, Groundspeak provides the newsletter and they might prefer html. They are not sending out e-mails answers to my caches. I cannot see any reason for not at least allowing each cacher to choose whether or not he/she wants to receive e-mails as html. Quote Link to comment
+dprovan Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 In my opinion, the switch to html for the mails is of much higher significance than in the case of the newsletter. Moreover, Groundspeak provides the newsletter and they might prefer html. Well, yeah, although that really opens the question of why they bother to send the complete newsletter at all instead of just sending a link so we'd read it in our normal browser rather than forcing us to read it in our e-mail client. (The answer, of course, is "all the cool companies send out HTML laden newsletters.") But still, as you say, I can opt out of the newsletter. I can't opt out of getting e-mail. Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 (edited) A "feature" as astoundingly bad as this must have an option to turn it off. Edited July 10, 2014 by Viajero Perdido Quote Link to comment
+xtqx1 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Add me to the list of users wanting the plain text mails back. Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Please allow for the choice of PLAIN TEXT emails. HTML bloated size costs too much on limited data plans. Quote Link to comment
+Dr. House Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Hey look! Yet another forum topic thread requesting that HTML vs. text emails be a user-selectable preference. And I like how it was started by yet another infrequent visitor to the forums. Well, allow me to also give my support to the OP! Please, for the love of Frog, just make this HTML email thing an option! Quote Link to comment
LQ Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I'm afraid we lost this battle already a couple of years ago, but anyway: Please make text/html mails an user selectable option! Quote Link to comment
LQ Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Or should I say... me too ...just to better make my point on this reduced signal to noise ratio? Quote Link to comment
+NinjaCacher! Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 +1 for give us back plain text mails Quote Link to comment
team tisri Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 In my opinion, the switch to html for the mails is of much higher significance than in the case of the newsletter. Moreover, Groundspeak provides the newsletter and they might prefer html. Well, yeah, although that really opens the question of why they bother to send the complete newsletter at all instead of just sending a link so we'd read it in our normal browser rather than forcing us to read it in our e-mail client. (The answer, of course, is "all the cool companies send out HTML laden newsletters.") But still, as you say, I can opt out of the newsletter. I can't opt out of getting e-mail. You could turn off notifications and archive your caches. I've concluded that the only thing that will make the lackeys listen is if people start archiving their caches en masse in protest at things that cause them grief. Complaining in the forums clearly achieves nothing and if enough caches disappear the business model will break. Whether enough people feel strongly enough about it to take such steps remains to be seen. If they do then Groundspeak's hand will be forced, if not then Groundspeak gets to decide whether the loss of however many caches it is, is worth the changes they clearly want to push on their customers. Quote Link to comment
+dprovan Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 In my opinion, the switch to html for the mails is of much higher significance than in the case of the newsletter. Moreover, Groundspeak provides the newsletter and they might prefer html. Well, yeah, although that really opens the question of why they bother to send the complete newsletter at all instead of just sending a link so we'd read it in our normal browser rather than forcing us to read it in our e-mail client. (The answer, of course, is "all the cool companies send out HTML laden newsletters.") But still, as you say, I can opt out of the newsletter. I can't opt out of getting e-mail. You could turn off notifications and archive your caches. Hey, yeah! And I could change my e-mail address to something bogus so I wouldn't get the newsletter, so why did they bother with an option for that? I've concluded that the only thing that will make the lackeys listen is if people start archiving their caches en masse in protest at things that cause them grief. I think you're way over estimating the number of people that think this is a problem, much less so much of a problem that they can't stand getting e-mail in a slightly clumsy format. Quote Link to comment
cezanne Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I think you're way over estimating the number of people that think this is a problem, much less so much of a problem that they can't stand getting e-mail in a slightly clumsy format. There are issues beyond that. Since the format has changed, I hate to reply to longer mails where I would need an efficient manner of quoting multiple parts of the text. I find it also hard to read the mails due to the color scheme. Cezanne Quote Link to comment
+NinjaCacher! Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I've concluded that the only thing that will make the lackeys listen is if people start archiving their caches en masse in protest at things that cause them grief. Complaining in the forums clearly achieves nothing and if enough caches disappear the business model will break. Another idea would be if we all ask for a refund of our premium membership fee. Notifications mails are one of the premium features, we paid for them as they were and now they are broken. Quote Link to comment
+Dr.MORO Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 just struggled over an email that I received from another member. Previously it was a standard text message and was perfect. Now I get an HTML formatted email! Why. Can I stop this? I don't like the overhead. Also reading on a mobile device, text messages are smarter to handle. TIA Martin I dislike the HTML mail as well, also like many others. BTW, I usually change the mail from Rich Text to Plain Text when I reply. Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 "They can buy a Ford in any color they want, as long as it's black" - Henry Ford (after complaining, people began buying colorful cars like Chevrolet, Dodge Brothers, Oldsmobile and others) "You can have email in any format you want, as long as it's our HTML" - Groundspeak (many are still complaining....and hoping for a reversion to plain text) Quote Link to comment
+dprovan Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 "They can buy a Ford in any color they want, as long as it's black" - Henry Ford (after complaining, people began buying colorful cars like Chevrolet, Dodge Brothers, Oldsmobile and others) "You can have email in any format you want, as long as it's our HTML" - Groundspeak (many are still complaining....and hoping for a reversion to plain text) Well, that's more equivalent to "They can buy a Ford in any color they want, as long as it's paisley." And Ford did very well, by the way. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 If Groundspeak cannot offer an option for plain text email, then perhaps it would be possible to offer the ability to filter the HTML email through Frogturd Polisher automatically. Quote Link to comment
team tisri Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I've concluded that the only thing that will make the lackeys listen is if people start archiving their caches en masse in protest at things that cause them grief. Complaining in the forums clearly achieves nothing and if enough caches disappear the business model will break. Another idea would be if we all ask for a refund of our premium membership fee. Notifications mails are one of the premium features, we paid for them as they were and now they are broken. Good luck with that. I don't imagine there's scope in the terms and conditions to get a refund just because they change something, even if that change does break downstream processing. It would make a bigger statement if people archived caches and stopped paying. Without people hiding caches there are no caches for anyone else to find. It's a curious business model that relies on volunteers to hide caches, more volunteers to review caches, charges people for facilities to download the caches, and then treats the volunteers badly. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Here's another thread requesting the ability to receive plain text email: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=344069 Quote Link to comment
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