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Please don't use code blocks for quoting text until HN finally fixes their css on mobile. > Delete repositories > Ability to delete any adminable repository

Please don't use code blocks for quoting text until HN finally fixes their css on mobile. > Delete repositories > Ability to delete any adminable repository > This application will be able to delete any repository to which you have admin rights.

dheera 6y ago
You can inject your own CSS on Firefox mobile. It's also great for getting rid of popups and paywalls.
- IggleSniggle 6y ago
  This does not appear to be true on iOS? If it is...how?
  - dheera 6y ago
    That's because Firefox for iOS is really just a skin around Safari's WebKit-based engine, because Apple plays the evil gatekeeper on their app store and doesn't allow Firefox to use their own rendering engine. (Chrome on iOS is also effectively just a Safari wrapper.) It's one of the many reasons I think iOS is a horrible choice for a privacy-conscious user. Firefox for Android supports extensions.
- deleted 6y ago
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- zuppy 6y ago
  let's not go back on works-on-IE-5 era. sites should work on the browsers that people use, not the other way around. i don't think it's fair that you got downvoted, though, your intention was good, you provided a solution.
- quietbritishjim 6y ago
  But I want HN code snippets to look like code because sometimes they're used for code.
fastball 6y ago
Seems like it might be better to pressure HN to fix a clear bug by continuing to use this formatting though.
- andreareina 6y ago
  Arguably the bug isn't the rendering of code blocks, but using them to delineate quotes.
  - BCM43 6y ago
    Maybe the bug is not having blockquotes, something that people clearly want? We're seeing a desire path of feature use.
    - andreareina 6y ago
      Maybe! I shouldn't have called user behavior a bug, and I'm sympathetic to the desire path argument, but it would hold more water if code-blocks-as-quotes didn't come with such an accessibility malus, especially given the common convention of indicating quoted content with > I do want real blockquotes, but I can work around their lack.
    - detaro 6y ago
      > italic text with > prefix works quite well? IMHO.

dheera 6y ago

You can inject your own CSS on Firefox mobile. It's also great for getting rid of popups and paywalls.

IggleSniggle 6y ago
This does not appear to be true on iOS? If it is...how?
- dheera 6y ago
  That's because Firefox for iOS is really just a skin around Safari's WebKit-based engine, because Apple plays the evil gatekeeper on their app store and doesn't allow Firefox to use their own rendering engine. (Chrome on iOS is also effectively just a Safari wrapper.) It's one of the many reasons I think iOS is a horrible choice for a privacy-conscious user. Firefox for Android supports extensions.
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zuppy 6y ago
let's not go back on works-on-IE-5 era. sites should work on the browsers that people use, not the other way around. i don't think it's fair that you got downvoted, though, your intention was good, you provided a solution.
quietbritishjim 6y ago
But I want HN code snippets to look like code because sometimes they're used for code.

fastball 6y ago

Seems like it might be better to pressure HN to fix a clear bug by continuing to use this formatting though.

andreareina 6y ago
Arguably the bug isn't the rendering of code blocks, but using them to delineate quotes.
- BCM43 6y ago
  Maybe the bug is not having blockquotes, something that people clearly want? We're seeing a desire path of feature use.
  - andreareina 6y ago
    Maybe! I shouldn't have called user behavior a bug, and I'm sympathetic to the desire path argument, but it would hold more water if code-blocks-as-quotes didn't come with such an accessibility malus, especially given the common convention of indicating quoted content with > I do want real blockquotes, but I can work around their lack.
  - detaro 6y ago
    > italic text with > prefix works quite well? IMHO.