In 2007 Microsoft decided to avoid using a browser to render HTML emails in place of a word processor. This immediately took standards-based email design off the table, forcing designers to abandon web standards for tables and font tags.

A senior member of the Outlook team confirmed they plan on continuing to use Word to render HTML emails for Outlook 2010. Really, guys? Really?!

This means for the next 5 years your email designs will need tables for layout, have no support for CSS like float and position, no background images and lots more.

Outlook 2010 is still in beta and Microsoft wants your feedback. It’s time to rally together and encourage Microsoft to embrace web standards before it’s too late.

Barry McGee & Margaret Kilgallen’s segments from Art:21

I uploaded this to Google video over 2 years ago and totally forgot about it. I miss her work.

In related Ze news ….

C’mon guys, NARNIA!

AWESOME ALERT: Ze Frank is now doing The Show-style videos for Time magazine. (via Gruber)

Chime Hours practice space

Chime Hours practice space

” … I don’t want to go to the future to find out what happens to White people, because we are going to pay hard for this shit … and we totally deserve it. But for now WWWEEEEEEEEEeeeee