Yahoo's new format: loss of ASCII diagrams

I'm really glad that Yahoo's new format includes
a *much* better search engine ... however, the main
thing that sucks IMO is that everything is now forced
into a proportional Times New Roman font, so that all
the carefully-produced ASCII diagrams and tables are
all messed up. The only way you can view them properly
is to click the "Reply" link, and if you want to keep
it you have to copy it and paste it into a separate
text file and save it on your hard-drive.

But that really blows, because anyone who is casually
reading the list and doesn't know that they have to
do this, will see all of our ASCII diagrams looking
like shit. Progress ...

-monz
http://tonalsoft.com
Tonescape microtonal music software

monz wrote:

> I'm really glad that Yahoo's new format includes
> a *much* better search engine ... however, the main
> thing that sucks IMO is that everything is now forced
> into a proportional Times New Roman font, so that all
> the carefully-produced ASCII diagrams and tables are
> all messed up. The only way you can view them properly
> is to click the "Reply" link, and if you want to keep
> it you have to copy it and paste it into a separate
> text file and save it on your hard-drive.
> > But that really blows, because anyone who is casually
> reading the list and doesn't know that they have to
> do this, will see all of our ASCII diagrams looking
> like shit. Progress ...

The fact that they use Times New Roman is shameful enough.

~D.

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@...> wrote:
>
> I'm really glad that Yahoo's new format includes
> a *much* better search engine ... however, the main
> thing that sucks IMO is that everything is now forced
> into a proportional Times New Roman font, so that all
> the carefully-produced ASCII diagrams and tables are
> all messed up. The only way you can view them properly
> is to click the "Reply" link, and if you want to keep
> it you have to copy it and paste it into a separate
> text file and save it on your hard-drive.

There's another (better) way. To the right of the message box, click
on "Show Message Options" and then under that "Use Fixed Width Font".
When you view subsequent messages, the message options will continue to
be displayed at the right, but the text reverts back to proportional
font.

--George