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FYI, your quote renders as a fixed-width font code block and does not word wrap on mobile. It makes the text very hard to read. For mobile user’s benefit, a dif
by venuur 9y ago
FYI, your quote renders as a fixed-width font code block and does not word wrap on mobile. It makes the text very hard to read. For mobile user’s benefit, a different quotation method would be better.
- notyourwork 9y agoI agree but this is how a quoted block is rendered on this site. Its fine for desktop but almost completely unusable on a mobile phone since you have to scroll horizontally to read each line.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> I agree but this is how a quoted block is rendered on this site. No, it's how a code block is rendered on this site. Abusing that for quotes is not really a good idea. (It's not that great for code, either, but it's tolerable for very small snippets, and the ones it's not good for are probably better hosted elsewhere and linked than embedded in a comment anyway.)
- buro9 9y agoI would love for HN to support some type of mark up that could actually render a quote block properly. ( @dan ) > But it doesn't have one AFAIK. It's not markdown, and the only thing we have is a code block. I've re-formatted for an even slimmer screen :D
- protomyth 9y agoI just go with the * around the text since it seems to work fine for mobile.
- nothrabannosir 9y agoYou’re better off wrapping it in asterisks and prefixing it with a >: > No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.
- masklinn 9y ago> It's not markdown, and the only thing we have is a code block. And shitty unescapable emphasis which fucks up as often as it succeeds.
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoHN really needs some basic features to improve quality of life (and comments). Like making links, quotes, bullet lists, and code.
- fredley 9y agoIn short, it needs markdown
- sp332 9y agoThe username is @dang
- mixmastamyk 9y agoOne problem that makes it much worse is that the css for the code block has a very small max-width, if you disable it, much easier to read.
- tzs 9y agoWhat I've sometimes done when I've needed a second level quote, or needed to both quote the parent comment and something else, is use a code block but word wrap it at some length hopefully not too wide for mobile. Here is an example using blocks wrapped to 40. How is this on mobile? >This is a top level quote second level quote something about the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy poodle third level quote the fox was Scottish and wearing a kilt, and nothing else. fourth level quote when he jumped over the poodle she saw his junk and complined to HR fifth level the fox got in trouble for harassement, and the poodle got in trouble for cultural insensitivity to Scots sixth level also the company got in trouble with OSHA for putting the poodle's workstation in a place where others had to jump over her to get in and out of the building
- veidr 9y agoSadly, this is what that looks like on a phone (iPhone, in this case): https://www.dropbox.com/s/xw30t56w06xpbgp/hn.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/xw30t56w06xpbgp/hn.png?dl=0