Outlook 2007 uses Word 2007, and not Internet Explorer to render HTML emails. This has the following implications:
- No support for animated gifs
- No support for Flash or other plug-ins
- No support for CSS Floats/Positioning
- No support for using images as bullet in unordered lists
- No support for background images
- No support for forms
- Limited support for background color
- Alt tags will be modified
How does this impact on your emails?
Things that have changed
Outlook 2007 |
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Impact |
No support for animated gifs
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The image will be rendered as static, only the first frame will display.
Ensure your animated gifs have a link in the first frame. |
No support for Flash or other plug-ins
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Email was not designed for Flash, this is not a new issue as it
has always been a problem. |
No support for CSS floats/positioning
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Not best practice – This has been an issue with a number of the webmail
clients such as Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo. |
No support for using images as bullet in unordered lists
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Easy work around using a table instead of an unordered list. This may
be slightly more difficult for non technical users. |
Background images will not render
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Not best practice – Due to issues with other webmail clients such as
Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo. |
Forms will not display properly
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Not best practice – Forms have been a problem with previous versions
of Outlook and other webmail clients such as Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo. |
Poor background color support
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Only an issue if using background color in nested tables. |
| Alt tags will be modified |
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Keep Alt tags concise and to the point. Start them with descriptive copy so if they
get cut off… |
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