Fun? with Photo Attachments in Mail

Hello. I have always wondered just how photo attachments arrived at a Windows user computer.
After reading an article in the April 2009 Macworld (Mac911), I decided to try a few tests as follows:
(I would really appreciate any comments for other suggestions--I imagine a lot of Mac users are are also concerned about it).
1--I first tried the one recommended in the article by making a Zip file as follows:
I dragged a picture from iPhoto to my Desktop. I then went into FILE in the Finder and clicked on COMPRESS.
I then composed a message in Mail and using the attach feature at the top of the message, attached the photo to the message and sent it to the Windows user.
He indicated it did not work that well, too much 'fiddling' to get it useable.
2--I then went into iPhoto, highlighted a photo, clicked on the email function in iPhoto and sent it off.
Windows guy says still not that good.
3--I then tried simply dragging a photo first from iPhoto to the desktop, then dragged it into a message I had composed on Mail and sent it. That way didnt seem good for him either.
4--**This is the one that he seemed happy with:
I dragged the photo from iPhoto on to my desktop. I then composed an email message in Mail and using the 'attach' feature in Mail, attached the photo from the desktop into my Mail message.
He indicated that was the one he preferred by a long shot.
However, it is a bit of a complicated procedure on my end---any suggestions to make this easier?

From iPhoto, click to send as before. But prior to sending, click on Format in the menubar of Mail, and select Make Plain Text. In addition, it would be best to set iPhoto NOT to add the Titles or Descriptions beneath the photo. Have the photo or photos be the last thing in the message -- enter no text following any photo.
Test this with you friend. Not all those things will be necessary all the time, but safest anyway. If the recipient were, for example, using Thunderbird you probably wouldn't have to do any of them, but for those using Outlook or Outlook Express all of those steps would be best.
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