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Anusha
01-15-2007, 05:33 PM
Source: Neowin.net

From the Campaign Monitor Blog: As I type this post I still can't believe it. I'm literally stunned. If you haven't already heard, I'm talking about the recent news that Outlook 2007, released next month, will stop using Internet Explorer to render HTML emails and instead use the crippled Microsoft Word rendering engine.

Now c'mon, how bad can this be?
First things first, you need to realize that Outlook enjoys a 75-80% share of the corporate email market, which is similar to Internet Explorer's share of the browser market - they make the rules. We've been doing some early testing, as have a few other brave souls, and come February, here's just a taste of what won't be supported:

1. No background images - Background images in divs and table cells are gone, meaning Mark's image replacement technique is out the window...


Full article... (http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/archives/2007/01/microsoft_takes_email_design_b.html)

Anusha
01-15-2007, 05:34 PM
Outlook 2000
http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/images/cm-2000-big.png

Outlook 2007
http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/images/cm-2007-big.png

:D:D:D:D:D
New one looks stupid. Old one looks great. :rolleyes:

zerocool
01-15-2007, 05:44 PM
I think it can be configured to suffort old html style mails...there should be backward compatibility...:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :confused: :rolleyes: :yes:

Novindu
01-15-2007, 09:00 PM
so what...who cares:rolleyes:

Anusha
01-15-2007, 09:03 PM
so what...who cares:rolleyes:
Obviously not you :yes: :D :D

Novindu
01-15-2007, 09:28 PM
Obviously not you :yes: :D :D
yeah:yes::yes:

zCexVe
01-15-2007, 09:28 PM
Thunderbird have a gr8 future:D :D

Anusha
01-15-2007, 09:29 PM
Thunderbird have a gr8 future:D :D
How come?