The asterisks and intra-word emphasis issue is definitely frustrating. That said, I would posit that
A×B×C
is better formatting in our unicode-everywhere (or even UTF-8 everywhere) world?
The asterisks and intra-word emphasis issue is definitely frustrating. That said, I would posit that
A×B×C
is better formatting in our unicode-everywhere (or even UTF-8 everywhere) world?
Sadly, many keyboards do not offer the option to enter the “×” character (unless you learn by heart the alt-code). The asterisk is going to be used in the huge majority of cases.
FWIW, many phones have ×
available under a long-press *
and on Windows 10 you find it easily in the pop-up that appears when you hit Windows key plus dot .
, which is primarily used for emoji input.
Indeed. However it is hidden away and users do not use it; even though most people are on phones, I never saw anyone use the “×” character.