'hotspots' in email html

I've read that using image map 'hotspots' in html email is not such a good idea?
In what email client/s will these fail? I've been studying the code in a boat load of html emails recently and some of the most well known companies in the UK use them in their emailing promotion. This has lead me to test these emails in: Thunderbird, Yahoo, Gmail, AOL - All hotspots work in the afore mentioned email clients.
Based on the tests, to me at least, it seems perfectly acceptable to use image hotspots. Not a very elegant solution but seems to do the job.

SnakEyez02 wrote:
Technically it should work in all email clients
That's what I have encountered so far so it's really a choice of whether to use an anchor tag wrapping the image or a hotspot applied to the image.
SnakEyez02 wrote:
I always go by this reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338201%28v=office.12%29.aspx and I test emails.
Is the 'float' css attribute supported in PC email clients?
SnakEyez02 wrote:
I do, however, try to avoid them and stick to strictly table layouts with slices because of Outlook and those tend to work across all email clients.
Well sure, hotspots are a bit ugly and create ugly code to manage so maybe I'll stick with anchor tags. Just really wanted to clarify if they worked or not after reading they should be avoided.
Thanks for information SnakeEyez

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