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    Long lines.

    I know I am going to get hammered for posting this here but could you keep the length of lines you use on the forum to a reasonable length, ie much shorter than this one, I made this a long one to illustrate why they are hard to read. It gets worse when there are several long lines.

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    I thought this was going to be about Shane Long.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bennocelt View Post
    I thought this was going to be about Shane Long.

    I realised some might think that after I made the post.

    Hence I would like to apologise to all those disappointed when the clicked the thread

    Could have been worse, I might have said "Why Long is rubbish"

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    Quote Originally Posted by bennocelt View Post
    I thought this was going to be about Shane Long.
    So naive, Bennocelt, so naive... Tricky's far too impromptu to be worrying about relevant crap like Shane Long!

    I'm not sure I really understand fully though, Tricky.

    Would you
    prefer it if
    everyone
    posted in
    short lines
    like this?

    I think your issue must be with your own device's settings or something. I can read the forum just fine and I don't need to cut sentences in half/separate them into concise lines or whatever it is you mean, whether I'm on my laptop or my phone. Or on any other computer, for that matter. It might be your screen resolution or browser/zoom settings that are hampering your view?

    By the way, there is a 'Support' section on the forum for this type of thing, you divil: http://foot.ie/forums/63-Support

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    Quote Originally Posted by DannyInvincible View Post
    So naive, Bennocelt, so naive... Tricky's far too impromptu to be worrying about relevant crap like Shane Long!

    I'm not sure I really understand fully though, Tricky.

    Would you
    prefer it if
    everyone
    posted in
    short lines
    like this?

    I think your issue must be with your own device's settings or something. I can read the forum just fine and I don't need to cut sentences in half/separate them into concise lines or whatever it is you mean, whether I'm on my laptop or my phone. Or on any other computer, for that matter. It might be your screen resolution or browser/zoom settings that are hampering your view?

    By the way, there is a 'Support' section on the forum for this type of thing, you divil: http://foot.ie/forums/63-Support

    I know there is a support forum but I doubt
    many here read it. Your short lines are a little
    to short, but still better than long lines I think.
    this kind of length is fine, it is the length
    newspapers tend to use, and indeed the Bible!!
    That's is because it is easier to read. Problem is
    it leaves acres of space to the right here.

    Also I sometimes post whilst watching TV and it means I have to mover my eyeballs
    a long way It is not a big deal but sometimes is is not easy to scan back to the end of the correct
    next line, thing was I had been reading a post elsewhere full of txt speak and with endless
    line with no formatting, very hard to read.

    I am not having a go at anyone in particular, a lot of people use long lines, I just like
    to hit the carriage return occasionally, I think these are my normal forum length lines or thereabouts.


    It is just I have the TV in front of me and the monitor to the side and long lines mean turning an extra 45 degrees,
    a major first world problem.

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    then buy a tablet, or a laptop, or use your mobile.
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    I could do with a tablet I think although I have never used one so I'd have to
    educate myself about them first, the portability aspect should be useful, trouble is I would
    spend for every deciding which model to get.

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    I'd prefer to know....why some people on this forum....post like this....it reads like a telegram.
    Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).

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    Quote Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter View Post
    I'd prefer to know....why some people on this forum....post like this....it reads like a telegram.
    It is actually..... quite easy to read....as each point is separated......meaning your eye finds it easily.

    Helps to have a blank line every 2-3 lines too.


    I think the answer is.................... the dots indicate.............wait for it............suspense!!

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    I thought this was going to be about my college days circa 4AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crosby87 View Post
    I thought this was going to be about my days.
    Corrected that for you.

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    moved to off topic
    tricky's malaise needs some help
    methinks others - yes?
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    Quote Originally Posted by tricky_colour View Post
    It is actually..... quite easy to read....as each point is separated......meaning your eye finds it easily.

    Helps to have a blank line every 2-3 lines too.


    I think the answer is.................... the dots indicate.............wait for it............suspense!!
    It's the reading equivalent of driving in traffic. Stop, start, stop, start, stop, start.
    Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).

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    Quote Originally Posted by tetsujin1979 View Post
    moved to off topic
    tricky's malaise needs some help
    methinks others - yes?
    Is that a haiku? <suspicious> I won't have any haikus around here!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dahamsta View Post
    Is that a haiku? <suspicious> I won't have any haikus around here!
    yes, it's a hiaku
    I felt it was apt, m'lord
    given his issue

    (last time I promise)
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