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lucadev
2y

Today marks the second day of me having to build an email template and I never hated anything more in my life than that. WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO COMPLICATED? WHY CAN'T THEY UPGRADE THEIR STUPID RENDERING ENGINES SO WE CAN USE MORE MODERN METHODS?!? Sorry but I don't want to create an E-Mail and having to pretend its 1995. The table view is so outdated and I'm aware of the fact that some clients support divs but not Outlook (Outlook itself sucks pretty hard but thats another story). I just wanna be able to use grid, flex, etc. to build my template.
I HATE MY LIFE

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  • 0
    2y
    I thought email can be written in html nowadays
  • 1
    2y
    @darkwind yes but it's pretty hacky and not the same as writing a website. Everything has to be in <table> and you can't use modern CSS like flexbox or grid. Your choices are pretty limited which sucks
  • 0
    2y
    Ergh. I think for one page it can work still well enough.

    Book Head First CSS in details explained Html/CSS in old school ways without flexboxes/grids.

    Surely, without my favourite flexboxes which are perfect for easy adaptive layout it would be a bit harder, but should be manageable for one page without state management or other interactivity beyond one click

    We just need to use old school layout building, and following rendering html rules
  • 0
    2y
    It is manageable but it's definitely more work and it can be dreading at times. I absolutely hate making email templates and I hope this was the last one
  • 0
    2y
    The problem isn't the fault of the Outlook's programmer or any email client software's programmer.

    The problem lies within the people who want to send full HTML page in their email body!

    It's one thing that I can never understand. An email is a mail/letter, only electronic. Why the hell people want to put HTML codes in them! Good Lord! Write your mails in a formal letter format, like how it was supposed to.

    I wonder if people are going to send petition to WhatsApp/Telegram/LINE makers next. Let us embed HTML codes in our message!
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