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Indeed. I think I am going to start downvoting posts that quote by (or otherwise use) indention. It's unreadable on mobile. Why is this so hard to fix?
by ams6110 8y ago
Indeed. I think I am going to start downvoting posts that quote by (or otherwise use) indention. It's unreadable on mobile. Why is this so hard to fix?
- mjevans 8y agoMostly because HN has a custom markup solution and attempts to reformat single-line breaks, requiring the use of monospace for ANY level of control over formatting at all, and otherwise restricting everything to separated paragraphs that are difficult to read. If I'm wrong and it allow either limited BBcode, white-listed HTML entities for markup, or some flavor of Markdown please let me know. I would love to have ACTUAL bullet points and text that flow wraps per line, with any newline I enter becoming either a P block if it's a paragraph, or a <br> tag if it's not followed by a second newline.
- frosted-flakes 8y agoHave you tried to read your original post on mobile? It's a nightmare. Please don't use code blocks for prose.
- mjevans 8y agoI don't try to get real work done on mobile; it just isn't a good media for reading or composing anything complex, and a large threaded forum IS complex. Mobile is good for getting and sending small updates, and consuming videos at lunch.
- frosted-flakes 8y agoReading HN is not "real work", it's entertainment.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoOP is talking about writing long-form comments on HN. I guess you could consider this "entertainment" too, but it doesn't change the fact that smartphones are bad for this task.
- frosted-flakes 8y agoThat's completely tangential to the fact that code blocks should not be used for prose, because it makes it difficult to read.
- Macha 8y agoWhat's wrong with: The issues come down to: * Issue 1... * Issue 2... * Issue 3... (double newlines). Sure it's not as compact, but I'd take "less compact than it could be" over "entirely unreadable for 50% of users".