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  • tricky_colour
    International Prospect
    • Sep 2003
    • 8886

    #1

    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.
  • bennocelt
    International Prospect
    • Jul 2006
    • 5828

    #2
    I thought this was going to be about Shane Long.

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    • tricky_colour
      International Prospect
      • Sep 2003
      • 8886

      #3
      Originally posted by bennocelt
      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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      • DannyInvincible
        Capped Player
        • Sep 2006
        • 11521

        #4
        Originally posted by bennocelt
        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
        My blog.
        FIFA Player Eligibility in the Context of Ireland: The Actual Rules, the Real Facts and Dispelling the Prevailing Myths.

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        • tricky_colour
          International Prospect
          • Sep 2003
          • 8886

          #5
          Originally posted by DannyInvincible
          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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          • tetsujin1979
            Coach
            • Nov 2003
            • 23730

            #6
            then buy a tablet, or a laptop, or use your mobile.
            All goals, yellow and red cards tweeted in real time on mastodon, BlueSky and facebook

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            • tricky_colour
              International Prospect
              • Sep 2003
              • 8886

              #7
              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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              • NeverFeltBetter
                International Prospect
                • Apr 2012
                • 5210

                #8
                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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                • tricky_colour
                  International Prospect
                  • Sep 2003
                  • 8886

                  #9
                  Originally posted by NeverFeltBetter
                  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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                  • Crosby87
                    Seasoned Pro
                    • Aug 2008
                    • 3809

                    #10
                    I thought this was going to be about my college days circa 4AM.
                    No Somos muchos pero estamos locos.

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                    • DannyInvincible
                      Capped Player
                      • Sep 2006
                      • 11521

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Crosby87
                      I thought this was going to be about my days.
                      Corrected that for you.
                      My blog.
                      FIFA Player Eligibility in the Context of Ireland: The Actual Rules, the Real Facts and Dispelling the Prevailing Myths.

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                      • tetsujin1979
                        Coach
                        • Nov 2003
                        • 23730

                        #12
                        moved to off topic
                        tricky's malaise needs some help
                        methinks others - yes?
                        All goals, yellow and red cards tweeted in real time on mastodon, BlueSky and facebook

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                        • NeverFeltBetter
                          International Prospect
                          • Apr 2012
                          • 5210

                          #13
                          Originally posted by tricky_colour
                          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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                          • dahamsta
                            Director
                            • May 2001
                            • 14106

                            #14
                            Originally posted by tetsujin1979
                            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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                            • tetsujin1979
                              Coach
                              • Nov 2003
                              • 23730

                              #15
                              Originally posted by dahamsta
                              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)
                              All goals, yellow and red cards tweeted in real time on mastodon, BlueSky and facebook

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