Please.

**The Flying Mouse** · 17 Jan 2004, 18:54

Hi folks.
Pretty pretty please can we have a general agreement to avoid making single words too long?
For instance NOOOOOOOOOOO + 50 x O's.
or
YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY + 75 y's.

It's not that I have anything against long versions of small words, it's just that the way the forums work doing this makes the page twice as long as usual, so it takes much longer to read a post because you have to scroll backwards and forwards.Elongating words isn't a problem unless too many letters are used.Then it becomes a bit of a pain

It's happened a few times, and I know that nobody does this to be irritating, but it can be a bit annoying.
I must admit that in the past when someone has done this i've deleted a couple of dozen O's and it doesn't make any difference to the message.

So what do you say?
No more 100 letter words (15 O's are plenty

), or at least press the enter key now and again to keep the forum page to the right width

DIZZY DRUMMER · 17 Jan 2004, 19:04

THE FLYING MOUSE I agree

It is fine to over exagerate a small word but not make it tooooooo long that the page is extended

R. · 17 Jan 2004, 19:12

100% ACK.
And I'm changing the code to force a wordwrap after 70 chars.

R. · 17 Jan 2004, 19:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by R.

And I'm changing the code to force a wordwrap after 70 chars.

Done.
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 1234567890
blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahbl ahblahblahblahblahblah!!

**The Flying Mouse** · 17 Jan 2004, 19:38

Thanks R.

black dog · 17 Jan 2004, 23:01

Definately Nooooooo can be too long. Extended words are okay but sometimes it gets a little silly.

shadow1000001 · 18 Jan 2004, 04:35

I agree with you Black dog

View Poll Results: Can the word No be too long?
Yes.	10	76.92%
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO	3	23.08%
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17 Jan 2004, 18:54	#1
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Please. Hi folks. Pretty pretty please can we have a general agreement to avoid making single words too long? For instance NOOOOOOOOOOO + 50 x O's. or YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY + 75 y's. It's not that I have anything against long versions of small words, it's just that the way the forums work doing this makes the page twice as long as usual, so it takes much longer to read a post because you have to scroll backwards and forwards.Elongating words isn't a problem unless too many letters are used.Then it becomes a bit of a pain It's happened a few times, and I know that nobody does this to be irritating, but it can be a bit annoying. I must admit that in the past when someone has done this i've deleted a couple of dozen O's and it doesn't make any difference to the message. So what do you say? No more 100 letter words (15 O's are plenty ), or at least press the enter key now and again to keep the forum page to the right width

17 Jan 2004, 19:04	#2
DIZZY DRUMMER Always Ready For A Bang Join Date: 30.11.2003 Location: Left In The Dark .......... AGAIN Posts: 6,389	THE FLYING MOUSE I agree It is fine to over exagerate a small word but not make it tooooooo long that the page is extended

17 Jan 2004, 19:12	#3
R. You dig. Join Date: 02.04.2002 Location: On the fothermucker Posts: 7,179	100% ACK. And I'm changing the code to force a wordwrap after 70 chars.

17 Jan 2004, 19:38	#5
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Thanks R.

17 Jan 2004, 23:01	#6
black dog Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,667	Definately Nooooooo can be too long. Extended words are okay but sometimes it gets a little silly.

18 Jan 2004, 04:35	#7
shadow1000001 Mega Loafer Join Date: 10.07.2003 Location: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Posts: 2,580	I agree with you Black dog