Incidentally, it might have once been noted that I often utilize
the em-dash were it not for the limitations of ASCII but I have
found substitutions. Occasionally, I will use --. Sometimes I
will utilize a semi-colon for the purpose of the em-dash, which
will eventually annoy somebody. In the 90s, I went through a |
phase, and other variations of punctuation, just to be
distinctive and to wreck automatic writing analysis algorithms a
tiny bit. I don't see anything wrong with falling in love with
"Noted". I fall in love with "writing habits" all of the time.
One day, somebody says something that points out what they don't
care for about it, I pause and reflect and consider. Sometimes I
continue, sometimes I stop and change it. ... is another thing
... <-- I like using that. Also, I've been trying to bring --->
arrows back in to regular conversation online. I like going
through my old writings styles sometimes. All are very similar
but the subtle variation are amusing to me, and sometimes I can
pick out "when" I wrote something just based upon the style
alone. === I like semi-colons, although I've also gone through
parenthesis phases (having also done a lot of programming (which
encourages such habits), they are logical and neat (as annoying
as they are to flow for many)). = my favorite, which Facebook
discourages... . is . . WHITESPACE! . . . Lots and lots of
whitepace! . . . This is undoubtedly due to having started on
BBS's and Usenet forums... ... ... ... although... .. ..
excessive use... . . can . . drive . . . some . . . CRAZY! == I
swap around. In school, some teachers thought I used very
'creative punctuation". Others would litter my nice paper with
ugly red pen. They would circle every instance that did not
comply with whatever standard they considered standard. I
usually prefer white space between paragraphs at the very least.
This annoys some smartphone users, who have to then scroll a
little more, but white space is very pleasing on the eye on a PC
[at least... to my eyes]. And yeah, HTML... ugh. I don't want to
get started on the limitations of THE INPUT BOX.... ...
*grmbl*... == Google+'s implementation of basic *bold*
_underline_ is nice. Their -strikethrough- can get annoying at
times, although I find some people making VERY creative use of
it: It is especially useful when you have to... WANT TO...
strike out a thought (like "have to") yet still convey it for
humor or whatever. == Google+'s implementation of basic *bold*
_italic_ is nice. Their -strikethrough- can get annoying at
times, although I find some people making VERY creative use of
it: It is especially useful when you have to... WANT TO...
strike out a thought (like "have to") yet still convey it for
humor or whatever. [I edited there. I forgot the _ is italic...
I forgot what the underline is suddenly tongue emoticon ] ==
yeah - their new interface broke a number of useful features.
They're still testing it though and rolling out changes as time
goes on. I wish they'd hurry though. They made a SIGNIFICANT UI
change, which is taking a bit to get used to. It's prettier in a
kind of Flipboard sort of way, but there's extra clicks for
basic tasks like photo sharing on the PC, and the + or @
hyperlinks don't always work, or they pull up a global list of
names rather than your own circles. == But what *I* would kill
for? Overstrike. Successive bolding of a letter. Microshifting.
Decent font + kerning control. All of these are, of course,
POSSIBLE in HTML and CSS and such, but it amazes me that in all
of these decades, few programs / apps have successfully allowed
the functionality of a manual typewriter. The day will come of
course. It will come. Somebody will do it. [maybe they have and
I missed it]. I know it seems absurd in a sense to even consider
it .. but there's a certain marvel at the flexibility of ye old
typewriter. Then again... we're lucky to get any real FONT
choices anywhere except our local paint programs and word
processing softwares, so... &sigh&. [and yes, I know about PDF
and TeX and such but I'm thinking 'everyday' stuff... oh well
tongue emoticon ] ==
