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FYI: quoting material like that is impossible to read on mobile because it does not wrap. Please just use ">" as an quotation marker.

nkurz 8y ago
I'm aware, and consciously chose this because in this case I thought that preformatted was clearer. But perhaps I'm wrong. What percentage of people use mobile for HN? Is there a reasonable column width that works for 95% of them? Edit: OK, I just looked at it on a phone. Yes, it looks bad, and that the lines would have to be about half the length to be readable. Too late to edit this one, but I'll try to switch to italics or '>' in the future for everything except for code samples.
- mikeash 8y ago
  I’d wager it’s a pretty high percentage. HN works great on mobile aside from this. There’s no reasonable column width, just use quotes for quotes.
- Normal_gaussian 8y ago
  I get 26 characters portrait, 40 landscape. I almost exclusively read HN on mobile, occasionally emailing things to myself to do on a desktop/laptop later.
  - giancarlostoro 8y ago
    On the other hand reader mode for FireFox temporarily fixes the bug.
- hunter2_ 8y ago
  Hard-wrapping to some column width only ever really works when you know the physical width of the screen/paper. Otherwise, dynamic soft wrapping.
- hollerith 8y ago
  I hate preformatted text in HN comments (and I never even read HN on mobile).
WillPostForFood 8y ago
FYI: quoting material like that is impossible to read on mobile because it does not wrap. Please just use ">" as an quotation marker. or wrap it in * to italicize
giancarlostoro 8y ago
I kinda wish HN could fix that... We hear this all the time and yet its still broken. They add other things to HN but a subtle bug fix would be welcomed.
spinach 8y ago
Not "impossible", you just have to scroll horizontally (I read it on my mobile device).
mrb 8y ago
It's possible to read on mobile. It may not wrap but you can scroll it horizontally (Chrome on Android)

nkurz 8y ago

I'm aware, and consciously chose this because in this case I thought that preformatted was clearer. But perhaps I'm wrong. What percentage of people use mobile for HN? Is there a reasonable column width that works for 95% of them? Edit: OK, I just looked at it on a phone. Yes, it looks bad, and that the lines would have to be about half the length to be readable. Too late to edit this one, but I'll try to switch to italics or '>' in the future for everything except for code samples.

mikeash 8y ago
I’d wager it’s a pretty high percentage. HN works great on mobile aside from this. There’s no reasonable column width, just use quotes for quotes.
Normal_gaussian 8y ago
I get 26 characters portrait, 40 landscape. I almost exclusively read HN on mobile, occasionally emailing things to myself to do on a desktop/laptop later.
- giancarlostoro 8y ago
  On the other hand reader mode for FireFox temporarily fixes the bug.
hunter2_ 8y ago
Hard-wrapping to some column width only ever really works when you know the physical width of the screen/paper. Otherwise, dynamic soft wrapping.
hollerith 8y ago
I hate preformatted text in HN comments (and I never even read HN on mobile).

WillPostForFood 8y ago

FYI: quoting material like that is impossible to read on mobile because it does not wrap. Please just use ">" as an quotation marker. or wrap it in * to italicize

giancarlostoro 8y ago

I kinda wish HN could fix that... We hear this all the time and yet its still broken. They add other things to HN but a subtle bug fix would be welcomed.

spinach 8y ago

Not "impossible", you just have to scroll horizontally (I read it on my mobile device).

mrb 8y ago

It's possible to read on mobile. It may not wrap but you can scroll it horizontally (Chrome on Android)