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Please don't use code blocks for quotes. It makes it very hard to read text on mobile, narrow viewports or via screen readers.

• mcny 7y ago
  A better solution is to have the client wrap long lines, break word ideally.
  • cowsandmilk 7y ago
    And that's exactly that is done if you don't use code blocks for quotes on hacker news...
  • bluGill 7y ago
    When you tell the client not to do that, then don't be surprised when people complain that their client didn't do it.
• jasonjayr 7y ago
  I see this comment all the time. Besides my bias against mobile, can HN add a blockquote syntax or fix it so mobile users have feature parity with desktop users? Is there a reason why this hasn't been done yet?
  • detaro 7y ago
    > IMHO this works quite well as quote syntax don't you think?
  • gomox 7y ago
    Most absurd missing feature ever. I tried to get some support for the feature request a while ago but got no attention [0]. I feel like every day I bump into this issue at least once, and there's always someone saying "don't use code formatting for quotes". My next step was going to be a Twitter bot that tweets when someone posts a quote with long lines in code format on HN. Haven't gotten around to it yet. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18162599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18162599