People don't even notice the quote link uparrow

[AHM]

Symptom:

No one realizes that text quoted from forum posts includes a link to the source post.

I've now had two PM correspondents ask me where properly quoted text came from,
even though the beige quote header...

<author> says: ↑​

...includes a blue uparrow following the author name
hyperlinking directly to the post where the quote originated.


Diagnosis:

The upwards arrow character ↑ is so thin that no one can see it without a magnifying glass.


Cure:

Make the upwards arrow character bigger.

The default arrow...

↑​

...is "&uarr;".

Bolding it doesn't really make it bigger - it actually makes it gray!

Try bolding the upwards double arrow "&uArr;" instead...

⇑​

Note:

Maybe some users will think the bold upwards double arrow ⇑ depicts a house;
perhaps denoting where the quote "lives".

If they want to believe that,
who are we to deny them their little fantasy?

 

[BUMPA01603]

FIFY

 

[smokey-seven]

Symptom:

No one realizes that text quoted from forum posts includes a link to the source post.

I always knew that the arrow indicated the poster being quoted, but never knew it was a hot link as well. Thanks for the clarification. I run the dark screen and I see a white arrow until I put the cursor on the arrow and then it turns red.

 

[AHM]

I always knew that the arrow indicated the poster being quoted, but never knew it was a hot link as well. Thanks for the clarification. I run the dark screen and I see a white arrow until I put the cursor on the arrow and then it turns red.

I actually couldn't make out the blue color at the time I wrote the problem report.
Might be brighter on my Android devices...

 

[Mountain]

Oh, so that's what it is. I just thought it was a symbol for a member of the male toxic masculinity club, except smaller and neutered.

↑

On a serious note, thanks for pointing that out.

 

[AHM]

Oh, so that's what it is. I just thought [↑] was a symbol for a member of the male toxic masculinity club, except smaller and neutered.

Albeit excited.

 

[slap shot]

Good to know.

 

[Mountain]

Albeit excited.

 

[AHM]

Oh, so that's what it is. I just thought it was a symbol for a member of the male toxic masculinity club, ...

I just realized: were you mansplaining with that hypothesis?

 

[one-eyed Jack]

It's not easy with only one eye. Jack.

 

[AHM]

It's not easy with only one eye. Jack.

I can't imagine.
But I'm all in favor of the site becoming more accessible.

 

[namedpipes]

That thing isn't the LIKE button?

 

[AHM]

That thing isn't the LIKE button?

No, it's the Like...Dude! button.

For instance, if you click on it in this post,
your browser goes all Like...Dude!