Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Playing Media in Browsers

Re:Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Play... by Gracana on Sunday November 13, 2016 @08:44AM (#12943267)

Formatting text this way makes it hard to read on mobile and in text browsers. I couldn't even reply just now, my text wouldn't show up as I typed it, I had to click "edit" so I could view and edit my post by itself.

[edit] dang, can something be done about this? Flagging for format? Maybe a little drastic, but try reading HN in elinks, you'll see that a long line breaks the whole page. How about line wrap? Desktop users would be unaffected, and it would be a better compromise for mobile.

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Re:Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Play... by ben0x539 on Sunday November 13, 2016 @10:15AM (#12943683)

Flagging a post for the shortcomings of the commenting platform seems a bit harsh.

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Re:Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Play... by jrockway on Sunday November 13, 2016 @05:24PM (#12946038)

I definitely downvote Reddit comments that are all <h1> text.

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Re:Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Play... by peeja on Sunday November 13, 2016 @09:54AM (#12943539)

Wouldn't it be easier to just fix the CSS?

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Re:Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Play... by sesqu on Sunday November 13, 2016 @10:47AM (#12943859)

No, since the text used code semantics. A better solution would be to introduce a few more formatting options, such as attributed and unattributed quote blocks.

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Re:Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Play... by odbol_ on Sunday November 13, 2016 @05:02PM (#12945934)

I've already fixed the CSS for hacker news several times; they always reject my suggestions though. It's like they want to keep it shitty

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Re:Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Play... by CamperBob2 on Sunday November 13, 2016 @04:24PM (#12945756)

Or get a browser that works?

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Re:Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Play... by Gracana on Sunday November 13, 2016 @08:04PM (#12946768)

The web would be a lot more accessible if so many designers didn't think like you.

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Re:Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Play... by Roboprog on Sunday November 13, 2016 @01:25PM (#12944744)

HN needs (maybe has???) markup to break lines without double spacing as distinct paragraphs.

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