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== CSS for HTML message compose ==
== CSS for HTML message compose ==
Composing HTML mail using <font> tags scattered thru the text is just plain awful.  The preferred font is easily lost, overridden by the system default; there is no styling applied to quotes, reply headers or sigs.  The infrastructure for CSS-based editing is already in place.  I guess there needs to be a fix so that the HTML compose preferences are translated into CSS rather than <font> attributes -- and maybe some additional UI for a couple of additional prefs...?
Composing HTML mail using &lt;font&gt; tags scattered thru the text is just plain awful.  The preferred font is easily lost, overridden by the system default; there is no styling applied to quotes, reply headers or sigs.  The infrastructure for CSS-based editing is already in place.  I guess there needs to be a fix so that the HTML compose preferences are translated into CSS rather than &lt;font&gt; attributes -- and maybe some additional UI for a couple of additional prefs...?


As part of this feature, the message editor needs to (a) allow user to specify a stylesheet and (b) edit the HTML source (<head> as well as <body>).
As part of this feature, the message editor needs to (a) allow user to specify a stylesheet and (b) edit the HTML source (<head> as well as <body>).
 
<br>''&#151; Comment: The [http://nic-nac-project.de/~kaosmos/edithtml-en.html EditHTML] extension enables you to do this. -- [[User:Vor0nwe|vor0nwe]] 09:10, 2 November 2006 (PST)''


Eudora has this and it's the one thing I miss now using Thunderbird; customized (or no) sound based on sender.
Eudora has this and it's the one thing I miss now using Thunderbird; customized (or no) sound based on sender.
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