Re: <PRE> works _nicely_ on small screens.

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics
Subject	Re: <PRE> works _nicely_ on small screens.
Date	2015-11-21 17:33 -0700
Message-ID	<D2765B57.64EB6%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
References	(2 earlier) <Jeff-Relf.Me@Nov.21{3.01P.Seattle.2015}> <D2764C7E.64E9C%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Nov.21{3.39P.Seattle.2015}> <D2765122.64EAD%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Nov.21{4.20P.Seattle.2015}>

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On 11/21/15, 5:20 PM, in article Jeff-Relf.Me@Nov.21{4.20P.Seattle.2015},
"Jeff-Relf.Me" <@.> wrote:

>  
> You (Snit) replied to me:
>>>>> Now, on crappy/buggy Androids,
>>>>> "Jeff-Relf.Me" has a "monospace" font, if not "OCR A"; see:
>>>>>   
>>>>> https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fj
>>>>> eff-relf.me%2F
>>> 
>>> I fixed it, as best I could.
>> 
>> Still does not wrap so hard to read on a device with a small screen.
> 
> As the link above shows,
> <PRE> works _nicely_ on small screens.
> Besides, you could zoom it, if need be.

But it does not wrap so you have to move from side to side and not just
scroll down.

> It works well on _large_ screens too, of course.
> 
>>>> And if you did not know, [it shows that]
>>>> you did not, as you claim, check it on all devices.
>>> 
>>> I did, just not often enough.  I'm not perfect.
>> 
>> Hence the reason understanding the code and playing
>> some attention to validation is important
>> - which does not mean all invalid notes are problems.
> 
> Testing is important (thank you Steve_Carroll!),
> but HTML syntax "RoboValidators" are worthless.

Well, it would have helped you catch your unclosed tags and the like. :)
 
>>> "OCR A" is a _basic_ font, I think.
>> 
>> Certainly not uncommon and I see you have a fall-back of monospace.
>> That should certainly work even if they do not have the font.
>> Or did you lack the fall-back?
> 
> Adding the "monospace" fallBack font was the fix.
> But I shouldn't have to do that,
> because, by default, <PRE> uses a "monospace" font.





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Re: "OCR A" is a highTech, nextGeneration font. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-21 16:29 -0700
  Re: I like <PRE>; I can't please everyone, nor do I want to. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-21 16:49 -0700
    Re: <PRE> works _nicely_ on small screens. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-21 17:33 -0700
      Re: <PRE> works _nicely_ on small screens. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-21 17:59 -0700
        Re: <HTML> and <Body> do _not_ need closing tags. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-21 20:33 -0700

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