Comments on: Death to Attachments http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/12/14/death-to-attachments/ Connecting the dots ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Death by PDF | CloudAve http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/12/14/death-to-attachments/#comment-16815 Death by PDF | CloudAve Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:46:02 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/12/14/death-to-attachments/#comment-16815 [...] Death to Attachments (zoliblog.com) Posted Under : General Tags adobe web design rant pdf death by pdf acrobat reader afobe acrobat Share this article: Permalink TrackBack No one has commented yet! Be the first one to comment! Your comment is awaiting moderation! [...] [...] Death to Attachments (zoliblog.com) Posted Under : General Tags adobe web design rant pdf death by pdf acrobat reader afobe acrobat Share this article: Permalink TrackBack No one has commented yet! Be the first one to comment! Your comment is awaiting moderation! [...]

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/12/14/death-to-attachments/#comment-7719 David Bradley Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:44:31 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/12/14/death-to-attachments/#comment-7719 It's the bane of all journalists and the last way to get us to read a press release. 10Mb attachments press release attachments with added graphics in tiff format work best, straight to the trash. d It’s the bane of all journalists and the last way to get us to read a press release. 10Mb attachments press release attachments with added graphics in tiff format work best, straight to the trash.

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]]> By: Roland Hesz http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/12/14/death-to-attachments/#comment-7677 Roland Hesz Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:46:56 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/12/14/death-to-attachments/#comment-7677 Attachments are sent even in house here. You know, not put in some public folder, but sent in an email to 10 people at once. Like meeting memos, spreadsheets, etc. Suggesting that it be put on some unsafe and dangerous outside website - like Zoho, Google Docs, etc. - would get you a long, cold stare and a long speech about security of business secrets and so on. I think that outside of the Silicon Valley and such "high-tech" places most of the companies are working like this. Even the reading of emails on the phone did not catch on at a lot of places yet. Attachments are sent even in house here. You know, not put in some public folder, but sent in an email to 10 people at once. Like meeting memos, spreadsheets, etc.

Suggesting that it be put on some unsafe and dangerous outside website – like Zoho, Google Docs, etc. – would get you a long, cold stare and a long speech about security of business secrets and so on.

I think that outside of the Silicon Valley and such “high-tech” places most of the companies are working like this.

Even the reading of emails on the phone did not catch on at a lot of places yet.

]]> By: Silicon Valley-aholic http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/12/14/death-to-attachments/#comment-7670 Silicon Valley-aholic Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:50:37 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/12/14/death-to-attachments/#comment-7670 Yes, this is really amusing because a lot of people are speculating which trends are "dead" like e-mail, attachemtns or even social networking (this market seems to be flooding now) and it's almost like credit cards or RSS feeds, you have to pick just a couple to subscribe. I think the right question to ask is rather "What's next?" I agree that attachments should be dead because it's so easy to send things by hyperlink and embed documents, too. BUT we still have User IDs and passwords and if you have to access a document somewhere else, you still have to type something in to get to the information you are looking for. Perhaps the "next" thing is biometric or speech recognition. Yes, this is really amusing because a lot of people are speculating which trends are “dead” like e-mail, attachemtns or even social networking (this market seems to be flooding now) and it’s almost like credit cards or RSS feeds, you have to pick just a couple to subscribe. I think the right question to ask is rather “What’s next?”

I agree that attachments should be dead because it’s so easy to send things by hyperlink and embed documents, too. BUT we still have User IDs and passwords and if you have to access a document somewhere else, you still have to type something in to get to the information you are looking for. Perhaps the “next” thing is biometric or speech recognition.

]]> By: Ontario Emperor http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/12/14/death-to-attachments/#comment-7663 Ontario Emperor Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:08:18 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/12/14/death-to-attachments/#comment-7663 Let me take it one step further. I read much of my email (both business and personal) on my mobile phone. When I can, I indicate that I prefer to receive my mail in text format for that very reason. As a result, guess what happens to email from those entities that send email in a nice pretty format that my mobile phone can't read? That's right, I never see your pretty message, or I may see it a day later, or a week later. I can, however, click on a link - provided that it's a link that my mobile phone can understand. Let me take it one step further. I read much of my email (both business and personal) on my mobile phone. When I can, I indicate that I prefer to receive my mail in text format for that very reason.

As a result, guess what happens to email from those entities that send email in a nice pretty format that my mobile phone can’t read? That’s right, I never see your pretty message, or I may see it a day later, or a week later.

I can, however, click on a link – provided that it’s a link that my mobile phone can understand.

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