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Re:Caniemail.com (like caniuse but for email content) by rjzzleep on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @05:05AM (#40283642)
> What an excellent resource! (And yes Outlook is a pain and supports so very little!)

So outlook today is the internet explorer of mail?

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Re:Caniemail.com (like caniuse but for email content) by another_kel on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @05:40AM (#40283806)
Kind of. Though if outlook magically goes away we'll still make emails with <table> because most clients still do not support even flex-direction. Outlook is just exceptionally bad with stuff like width:100px working on table elements, but not on <div>, or padding working only on specific elements.
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Re:Caniemail.com (like caniuse but for email content) by easton on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @05:13AM (#40283679)
It literally is, Outlook for Windows uses the IE9 engine to render HTML email, IIRC. And even then not everything is supported.
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Re:Caniemail.com (like caniuse but for email content) by Vinnl on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @07:14AM (#40284250)
Which is an improvement over when it used to use the Word engine to render HTML email, IIRC.
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Re:Caniemail.com (like caniuse but for email content) by GoblinSlayer on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @05:35AM (#40283774)
You aren't trying to send an angular SPA in an email, are you?
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Re:Caniemail.com (like caniuse but for email content) by biziclop on Thursday May 09, 2024 @08:51AM (#40307686)
Actually, it uses the Word engine for HTML rendering.
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