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Why did quote box text get so tiny?

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Posted 10/16/09 - 03:34 PM: Subject: Why did quote box text get so tiny?	#1
Is this a space-saving measure? Kind of defeats the purpose when the text in them is nigh-impossible to read without a magnifying glass.
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Posted 10/16/09 - 03:54 PM:	#2
I kind of like that it's different to the body text, especially on my dim laptop where the background difference doesn't show well. You could always make the text bigger on your display...
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Posted 10/16/09 - 04:19 PM:	#3
It was changed because people were complaining that the color scheme made it hard to tell what was a quote and what was a response. This makes it quite clear.
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Posted 10/16/09 - 07:33 PM:	#4
All those in favor say "Aye" Aye!
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Posted 10/17/09 - 05:36 AM:	#5
Timothy wrote: All those in favor say "Aye" Aye! I say thee nay! Why not just change the color scheme and/or put a black border around quotes or something? The text is ridiculously small, necessitating me having to go back to look at the original post each time because I can't read the quoted post. (And I'm a mildly near-sighted 31-year-old; I don't have cataracts or anything).
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Posted 10/17/09 - 10:05 PM:	#6
I thought a color border was better, too, or something to offset the text. You can even do a border along one edge. Smaller fonts, even if legible, make it harder to distinguish between similar or close together letters.
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Posted 10/19/09 - 05:37 AM:	#7
You've already read the quote. At most, surely you only skim the second time. Isn't it just wasting space to have it full size when it's just a memory-jogger?

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Posted 10/19/09 - 07:41 AM:	#8
Keep 'em small. They take up a lot of unnecessary space.
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Posted 10/19/09 - 01:38 PM:	#9
Paul wrote: You've already read the quote. At most, surely you only skim the second time. Isn't it just wasting space to have it full size when it's just a memory-jogger? Not necessarily. I haven't always already read the original quote especially if it's an exchange between 2 other posters and/or it's a long thread.
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Posted 10/20/09 - 05:24 AM:	#10
I can understand the view being presented by the OP . . . as (in my short lapse while traveling the slow way, to Mars and back) the older style sticks out in my memory (and in a few 'non-printer friendly' hard copy prints from the good ole days) as being more distinct from non-quoted text, yet not of a size which may cause a shift in reading fluency. At the same time, in the few recent posts I've made in which I have quoted, I simply took the extra time and effort (and love) to size them up and bold them. When referring to a post, I try to quick link it so that those who wish to follow, can do so, and as much as I can do so without too much confusion, simply respond to that post without quoting from--since the quick link is there, and folks can open a number of windows anyway (esp. easy with Opera). Maybe folks should simply, with the new style, be careful about quoting, and only do so when really needed--otherwise using more of a indirect quotation style when responding to a point in a certain post (and quick linking to that post).

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