Forwarded responsive email to Gmail. Gmail ignores some inline styles and make a big mess of everything.

I kept racking my brain trying to figure out why Gmail was ignoring the inline styles and showing my mobile hidden content. It looked fine in my own Gmail inbox, as well as all the Litmus Gmail tests. ??

Then I found out that the email in question was being forwarded from one inbox (Outlook) to their Gmail account. All hell broke loose.

Endomondo Mountain biking Workout at Arbor Hills

Endomondo Mountain biking Workout: was out mountain biking 3.10 miles in 25m:32s using Endomondo.

After getting a very solid responsive email design working (not breaking) in almost all email clients, then...

A work mate showed me his Gmail account and it of course ignored the media queries, which I expected, but it also ignored all the inline CSS. It ignored width, display, visibility, max-height, etc. so both my mobile content and desktop content are showing. Arrgggg.

I testing it in my own Gmail account and it looked good. I ran a Litmus test and it looked good in Gmail (IE, FF, and Chrome). Not one of their tests showed the mess that I saw on my work buddy's Gmail account. (scratching head).

The worst thing is that I cannot replicate it, so it's hard to QA when I have only one known source, and he's not at my beck and call. He's actually a contractor, so he's not even always in the building. 

Research, research.

Campaign Monitor, A List Apart, StackOverflow, etc. where are you when I need you?

IE7 down under 1%. Please take your close cousin IE8 with you.

I tried @CajunTailgators food truck. Had Crawfish Etouffee & gumbo. Pretty good. Read my review.

The Cajun Tailgators food truck was on my end of town last night, so I went and gave them a try. They were parked in the Walgreens parking lot at Midway and Frankford.

I can't remember how I head about them, but at some point a started following them on Twitter, and it finally paid off.

They were very friendly and pleasant, and they got my order to me very quickly.

I tried the crawfish etouffee and the chicken and sausage gumbo.

The crawfish etouffee was good. I can't tell if they used a roux, so if they did it was light, and I like more of a stronger roux taste. Kinda skimpy on the amount of crawfish also, but they had good flavor. I don't know if they use Louisiana or Chinese crawfish. Louisiana crawfish are way more expensive, but it was $7 for a little bowl, so either way you think they could throw in a few more.

I have a very specific idea on how I expect my etouffee to taste. Growing up, etouffee varied a lot even with my parents and relatives who were great cooks, but there are some standard components  that etouffee must have. 

All that being said, the crawfish etouffee was tasty and I would likely try it again.

I also tried the chicken and sausage gumbo. I could not find one piece of sausage in the bowl. It did have a generous amount of chicken, which was very good, and the overall taste of the gumbo was very good. Again, I like a stronger roux taste, but I was would most definitely try the gumbo again.

The gumbo really hit the spot, as it was a chilly night and I crave gumbo when the temps drop.

I'm looking forward to trying them again. I really want to try the boudin balls and their red beans and rice.

Been using in emails w fontSize styled, but now Apple no like. Added lineHeight & vertAlign to fix. Better now.

DotNetNuke? Biggest piece of crap CMS or what? Please remind me next time I complain about WordPress.