" ...it just means you have to write your posts in html."
That's exactly the point. I'm often on the go and post to forums from an Android device, (tablet or phone) which are anything but html/code friendly. This is not a problem on any other forum, anywhere else on the internet. As someone stated years ago, in this or another thread on the subject. New users, even Perl programmers, may not be versed in HTML.
It can be argued that they should be. But even so, who really prefers to type seven or eight characters of html for every paragraph break regardless of how versed they may be in html?
Angle brackets and forward slash are not on a typical mobile device keyboard. That is, in part, an issue with Android I suppose, but should PerlMonks require new users to download a special keyboard app for their phones just to post here?
The thread is about how to make the place easier to use for newbies(and others). Requiring that everyone use HTML does not seem very newbie friendly.
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I'm often on the go and post to forums from an
Android device, (tablet or phone) which are anything
but html/code friendly.
Just because some corporations make ridiculous devices
with terrible interfaces that are abused by their
addicted users does not mean these people should be
accomodated.
Why do you expect to efficiently access
networks that traditionally require sophisticated
input devices with a mere telephone designed to
send silly SMS messages, or half a computer
controlled by fingerpainting?
Keep perlmonks hard to use for those
who can't follow simple instructions on performing
tedious and repetitive tasks to format and output
text because they might not be too interested in
the actual programming of computers after all.
should PerlMonks require new users to download a
special keyboard app for their phones just to post here?
Have them scan a qrcode to enable automatic formatting
after performing an awkward gesture while kneeling is
detected by the altimeter and their camera tracked eyes
are closed...
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