Pet Peeve: Long quotes in italics

[tk2kewl]

It is much easier to read this:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse libero est, euismod faucibus porttitor id, malesuada at tellus. Donec nec hendrerit sapien. Quisque malesuada felis non dolor lobortis ut vulputate quam aliquet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut sagittis sapien hendrerit augue congue dictum. Vestibulum tempus molestie risus, ac fringilla lorem placerat non. Nullam metus nisi, lobortis ac convallis quis, euismod vel tellus. Maecenas egestas neque eget lectus rutrum nec tincidunt felis ornare. Praesent non augue vel erat ultrices scelerisque sit amet vestibulum urna. Suspendisse tristique, lorem non vehicula fringilla, nisi leo aliquet lorem, vitae ultrices lectus mauris sed ligula.

than this:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse libero est, euismod faucibus porttitor id, malesuada at tellus. Donec nec hendrerit sapien. Quisque malesuada felis non dolor lobortis ut vulputate quam aliquet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut sagittis sapien hendrerit augue congue dictum. Vestibulum tempus molestie risus, ac fringilla lorem placerat non. Nullam metus nisi, lobortis ac convallis quis, euismod vel tellus. Maecenas egestas neque eget lectus rutrum nec tincidunt felis ornare. Praesent non augue vel erat ultrices scelerisque sit amet vestibulum urna. Suspendisse tristique, lorem non vehicula fringilla, nisi leo aliquet lorem, vitae ultrices lectus mauris sed ligula.

[county worker]

1. so how do you do that?

[csziggy]

4. Above the reply window, use the HTML lookup table

Blockquotes
Create a styled,
indented blockquote
(useful for posting
excerpts from articles) <div class="excerpt">Text</div>

But instead of using <> around the div definition, use square brackets online just below the Backspace key.

[tk2kewl]

5. when you post there is a link...

called HTML lookup table

you create an HTML DIV element to contain the quote and set class="excerpt"

[EOTE]

2. My pet peeve: Misspelling of the word "quote".

But we all have our gripes.

[jobycom]

7. Ah, damned glass houses!

:rofl:

[KansasVoter]

8. LOL

[tk2kewl]

9. fixed...

My problem is that the italics are too hard on my eyes, so I usually don't read long italic quotes.

[jobycom]

15. Um, dude?

Psst. Check your thread title again?

[EOTE]

16. I hear you.

It is easier on the eyes. Here's a quick tip I use for overly tiny text. Hold down the control key on your keyboard and then scroll the center button on your mouse (assuming it has one) up. For every click, it should increase the size of the text on your browser by one level. I've found it's a lot quicker than a lot of other methods.

[jobycom]

22. Thanks! Now how do I get it back to the right size after playing with it?

[Subdivisions]

23. Um...roll the button in the other direction. n/t

[jobycom]

24. I did, but I can't tell if it's the right size.

I guess that's a question of my memory and not of browser technique, eh?

[Subdivisions]

25. The zoom level is in the bottom right-hand corner of your browser window

if you're using Internet Explorer. Just roll the button on your mouse to 100% for normal page display.

[jobycom]

26. Yeah, well I'm not using Explorer, so now what?

You've ruined my life!!! :P

[Subdivisions]

28. LOL, well which browser are you using?

If you're using Firefox, someone else will have to help you because I don't see any indicator on there.

Sorry I wasn't much help... :(

[jobycom]

31. Ctrl O works on Firefox.

I figured it out. :)

I go back and forth between the browsers, for different reasons. :)

[Vickers]

3. Fallaces sunt rerum species. n/t

[LaurenG]

6. So what html codes do we use?

quotes is misspelled

[tk2kewl]

17. see replies to the first reply. n/t

[jobycom]

10. Be serious. How many can read that either way?

My Greek is very rusty.



:smoke:

[tk2kewl]

14. LOL

good point.

[joeybee12]

11. Hmmm...qoutes...sounds like some Tex-Mex food...n/t

[Fleshdancer]

12. I prefer quotes in italics

it never occurred to me that italics would be harder to read for some. :shrug:

[Liberal_in_LA]

13. Yes, much easier to read.

[JuniperLea]

18. A long qoutes?

Is that a Mexican fruit of some kind?

[JVS]

19. I don't care

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse libero est, euismod faucibus porttitor id, malesuada at tellus. Donec nec hendrerit sapien. Quisque malesuada felis non dolor lobortis ut vulputate quam aliquet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut sagittis sapien hendrerit augue congue dictum. Vestibulum tempus molestie risus, ac fringilla lorem placerat non. Nullam metus nisi, lobortis ac convallis quis, euismod vel tellus. Maecenas egestas neque eget lectus rutrum nec tincidunt felis ornare. Praesent non augue vel erat ultrices scelerisque sit amet vestibulum urna. Suspendisse tristique, lorem non vehicula fringilla, nisi leo aliquet lorem, vitae ultrices lectus mauris sed ligula.

is annoying though.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

20. That's not too bad, at least it's not zalgo.

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[Sheepshank]

21. html is generally a pain

it's so much easier to type < i> < /i>...than the codes for indented boxed quotes.

One day we will get one of those thingys where we simply highlight the area was want as quotes, bold, italics or colored font and click on the icon that invokes that command. one day.

[Fumesucker]

27. It that's all you have to complain about you're doing pretty damn good..

So, how about when someone wants to quote an article that has a quote within it?

[AnArmyVeteran]

29. It's all Greek to me.

[tanyev]

30. Huh. I like quotes in italics.