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I think the "fix" GP is suggesting is for HN to add a "blockquote" syntax. i.e., make text like this: > something quoted which is very long and let's pretend
by colanderman 9y ago
I think the "fix" GP is suggesting is for HN to add a "blockquote" syntax. i.e., make text like this:
> something quoted which is very long and let's pretend it wraps lines
look something like this (sans horizontal scrolling):
| something quoted which is very long and
| let's pretend it wraps lines
I get that HN doesn't want to be markup-heavy (a sentiment with which I agree), but posters quote things all the time and it's always ugly if line wraps are involved.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- krapp 9y agoImageboards use that syntax for quotes as well, italicizing and changing the text color, highlighting the quoted text without the scrolling issues of a blockquote. I had a userscript doing that on HN for a while along with as other text fixes, and the result seemed quite readable.
- IncRnd 9y agoThat's a good idea.