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Re: Poll: HTML Emails vs. Plain Text Emails

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From: Mark Robbins
Date: Sep 22, 2017 4:29AM

To follow on from your point Jared, even if accessibility is implemented on
the original HTML some email clients actually strip it out.

For example I know AOL, Yahoo, Outlook.com, Outlook 365 GMX, Web.de and
Alto remove all ARIA attributes and HTML5 semantic tags. I've also seen
other clients edit ID's so things like aria-describedby no longer match up.

I believe some Email Service Providers can also strip out or edit
accessibility before sending but I've not run full tests on those yet.




On 20 September 2017 at 18:54, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> We've always provided a plain text and HTML option for the WebAIM
> e-mail newsletter subscriptions - https://webaim.org/newsletter/.
> 10.5% of subscribers have opted for the plain text version.
>
> In general, I think that plain text is only beneficial if the HTML
> version doesn't have accessibility implemented. We always send a text
> version with the HTML e-mail - and the e-mail client can then present
> the text version based on user preference.
>
> For e-mail discussion lists, like this one that rarely necessitate
> formatting or images - sending in plain text can provide benefits,
> especially when the message is archived online (and doubly especially
> if authors properly trim the messages they are replying to).
>
> Jared
> > > > >