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Block quotes are a good (if semantically questionable) way to visually separate e.g. screenshots as part of a post on SU, which might otherwise be mistaken as part of the post text, since the get a line on the left side (similar to some email clients' quoting).

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On MSU, where we regularly include e.g. screenshots of the regular site into posts, it's different:

like this

Unfortunately, it's not nearly as useful when including partial screenshots of a web page, this the background color becomes a not nearly as visible border around the image. Compare the following screenshots taken from a slightly modified version of this post by slhckthis post by slhck.

Block quote MSU

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Block quote SU

enter image description here

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The border on the left side works much better to separate the images from the text of the post.

Please chance the MSU blockquote style to the one used on SU (maybe with less/no saturation in the border color, but a similar overall style).

Block quotes are a good (if semantically questionable) way to visually separate e.g. screenshots as part of a post on SU, which might otherwise be mistaken as part of the post text, since the get a line on the left side (similar to some email clients' quoting).

enter image description here

On MSU, where we regularly include e.g. screenshots of the regular site into posts, it's different:

like this

Unfortunately, it's not nearly as useful when including partial screenshots of a web page, this the background color becomes a not nearly as visible border around the image. Compare the following screenshots taken from a slightly modified version of this post by slhck.

Block quote MSU

enter image description here

Block quote SU

enter image description here

Request

The border on the left side works much better to separate the images from the text of the post.

Please chance the MSU blockquote style to the one used on SU (maybe with less/no saturation in the border color, but a similar overall style).

Block quotes are a good (if semantically questionable) way to visually separate e.g. screenshots as part of a post on SU, which might otherwise be mistaken as part of the post text, since the get a line on the left side (similar to some email clients' quoting).

enter image description here

On MSU, where we regularly include e.g. screenshots of the regular site into posts, it's different:

like this

Unfortunately, it's not nearly as useful when including partial screenshots of a web page, this the background color becomes a not nearly as visible border around the image. Compare the following screenshots taken from a slightly modified version of this post by slhck.

Block quote MSU

enter image description here

Block quote SU

enter image description here

Request

The border on the left side works much better to separate the images from the text of the post.

Please chance the MSU blockquote style to the one used on SU (maybe with less/no saturation in the border color, but a similar overall style).

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Block quotes are a good (if semantically questionable) way to visually separate e.g. screenshots as part of a post on SU, which might otherwise be mistaken as part of the post text, since the get an email-stylea line on the left side (similar to some email clients' quoting).

enter image description here

On MSU, where we regularly include e.g. screenshots of the regular site into posts, it's different:

like this

Unfortunately, it's not nearly as useful when including partial screenshots of a web page, this the background color becomes a not nearly as visible border around the image. Compare the following screenshots taken from a slightly modified version of this post by slhck.

Block quote MSU

enter image description here

Block quote SU

enter image description here

Request

The border on the left side works much better to separate the images from the text of the post.

Please chance the MSU blockquote style to the one used on SU (maybe with less/no saturation in the border color, but a similar overall style).

Block quotes are a good (if semantically questionable) way to visually separate e.g. screenshots as part of a post on SU, which might otherwise be mistaken as part of the post text, since the get an email-style line on the left side.

enter image description here

On MSU, where we regularly include e.g. screenshots of the regular site into posts, it's different:

like this

Unfortunately, it's not nearly as useful when including partial screenshots of a web page, this the background color becomes a not nearly as visible border around the image. Compare the following screenshots taken from a slightly modified version of this post by slhck.

Block quote MSU

enter image description here

Block quote SU

enter image description here

Request

The border on the left side works much better to separate the images from the text of the post.

Please chance the MSU blockquote style to the one used on SU (maybe with less/no saturation in the border color, but a similar overall style).

Block quotes are a good (if semantically questionable) way to visually separate e.g. screenshots as part of a post on SU, which might otherwise be mistaken as part of the post text, since the get a line on the left side (similar to some email clients' quoting).

enter image description here

On MSU, where we regularly include e.g. screenshots of the regular site into posts, it's different:

like this

Unfortunately, it's not nearly as useful when including partial screenshots of a web page, this the background color becomes a not nearly as visible border around the image. Compare the following screenshots taken from a slightly modified version of this post by slhck.

Block quote MSU

enter image description here

Block quote SU

enter image description here

Request

The border on the left side works much better to separate the images from the text of the post.

Please chance the MSU blockquote style to the one used on SU (maybe with less/no saturation in the border color, but a similar overall style).

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Use block quote style from SU on MSU

Block quotes are a good (if semantically questionable) way to visually separate e.g. screenshots as part of a post on SU, which might otherwise be mistaken as part of the post text, since the get an email-style line on the left side.

enter image description here

On MSU, where we regularly include e.g. screenshots of the regular site into posts, it's different:

like this

Unfortunately, it's not nearly as useful when including partial screenshots of a web page, this the background color becomes a not nearly as visible border around the image. Compare the following screenshots taken from a slightly modified version of this post by slhck.

Block quote MSU

enter image description here

Block quote SU

enter image description here

Request

The border on the left side works much better to separate the images from the text of the post.

Please chance the MSU blockquote style to the one used on SU (maybe with less/no saturation in the border color, but a similar overall style).