How to Get an Em Dash (or a sign of how Big Tech is an utter failure)

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Post by SushiMon » Sat, May 13, 2023, 5:17 PM UTC

How to Get an Em Dash (or a sign of how Big Tech is an utter failure)
emdash.fan

Re: How to Get an Em Dash (or a sign of how Big Tech is an utter failure)

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Post by SushiMon » Sat, May 13, 2023, 5:17 PM UTC

For some stupid reason, in all browsers it is an insane chore to add an em dash to any document or email. So much so that news hacker Dan Sinker built this.

Re: How to Get an Em Dash (or a sign of how Big Tech is an utter failure)

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Post by m348e912 » Sat, May 13, 2023, 5:21 PM UTC

SushiMon wrote: post #2

For some stupid reason, in all browsers it is an insane chore to add an em dash to any document or email. So much so that news hacker Dan Sinker built this.

alt-0151 baby! (or "option shift -" on a Mac)

Re: How to Get an Em Dash (or a sign of how Big Tech is an utter failure)

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, May 13, 2023, 5:25 PM UTC

SushiMon wrote: post #2

For some stupid reason, in all browsers it is an insane chore to add an em dash to any document or email. So much so that news hacker Dan Sinker built this.

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Re: How to Get an Em Dash (or a sign of how Big Tech is an utter failure)

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Post by detaro » Sat, May 13, 2023, 5:30 PM UTC

SushiMon wrote: post #2

For some stupid reason, in all browsers it is an insane chore to add an em dash to any document or email. So much so that news hacker Dan Sinker built this.

> For some stupid reason, in all browsers it is an insane chore to add an em dash to any document or email

Why would that be a browser concern? Keyboard input is an OS responsibility, and a keyboard layout fixes this globally.