Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Examining http://localhost:8080/index/lasttime?sort=alpha we see
> <ul><li>&nbsp;<a href="...  which eats plenty of space at the
> beginning of each line in one's browser.  If <pre><a href="... were
> used, each line would start at the left margin, and we could see more
> at the end of long urls before they wrap or go off the screen. There
> is no information lost too, as it is <ul> sacrificed here, not <ol>.
> When we click various options, e.g.,
> http://localhost:8080/index/lasttime?sort=alpha;refresh, the nbsp that
> gets inserted could be instead just a blank, or better yet nothing
> in fact.

Using <pre> like this is one option, but a lot of people prefer to
have a proportional font rather than a fixed width one.  Using a list
(with <li>) makes this happen.

You can always edit the messages to get the format that you desire.

-- 
Andrew.
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