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327 points andsoitis | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 15:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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RealCodingOtaku ◴[17 Nov 25 17:24 UTC] No.45955751[source]▶
I have got only two annoyance on Gemini, lack of inline links and _font styling_, and they are by design (https://geminiprotocol.net/docs/faq.gmi#44-questions-about-t...)

It's fine for something like HN, but I heavily rely on named links and emphasis on all my blogs and is a dealbreaker.

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unethical_ban ◴[17 Nov 25 20:14 UTC] No.45957752[source]▶
Agreed.

* Inline links * Image support * Video/audio support?

I /kind/ of like the idea of fonts not being customizable, that it makes people focus on the content rather than over-styling. A lack of server-side font customization would be good for forcing inline links to be obvious, rather than potentially obfuscated.

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1. zzo38computer ◴[17 Nov 25 21:33 UTC] No.45958586[source]▶
I agree that fonts should not be specified by the document, although it would make sense to specify that you want a fixpitch font, or emphasis font. Pictures within the document might make sense (especially if you want to print it out); video/audio would be better as a separate file that you can link to, and display using a separate program.