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It's a little ironic for such news to end up here, because I'm pretty sure Opera (mobile) is the only one of the major browsers still supporting text reflow, wh

It's a little ironic for such news to end up here, because I'm pretty sure Opera (mobile) is the only one of the major browsers still supporting text reflow, which is why I use it for reading HN which doesn't have an official mobile site version.

Bromlife 11y ago
I too use Opera Mobile for its text reflow feature. A feature sorely lacking in (AFAIK) every single other mobile browser.
- pcwalton 11y ago
  Firefox has text reflow on zoom.
  - unicornporn 11y ago
    But it isn't even comparable. I've tried switching to Firefox, but the text reflow sucks badly.
  - AaronMT 11y ago
    It is unmaintained and broken.
  - gcb0 11y ago
    every browser HAD text reflow at least around 2010~2012. for whatever reason, they all removed it. Android stock had text reflow (and inverted color night reading). then on 2.3.3, gone. now they don't even have a stock browser. they ship with chrome, installed as a system app. firefox started with awesome text reflow. then i think on fenec v16 they screwed up everything when moving to the Reader feature just to clone safari, safari for f* sake...
digitalengineer 11y ago
The best for mobile as far as ICan tell: http://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/ http://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/
- unicornporn 11y ago
  But you can't comment or reply with it? I like this a lot more (still no solution for comments though): http://hn.premii.com/ http://hn.premii.com/
  - digitalengineer 11y ago
    Hey thanks!
unicornporn 11y ago
Funny thing is, text reflow worked perfectly in every WebView browser on Android under Google broke it: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62378 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62378
vardump 11y ago
The nice Opera Mobile reflow works only on Android, maybe some other smaller systems. But not on iOS and Windows Mobile. Opera is the only mobile browser I can tolerate. I think I should do a video capture how nicely pretty much any site works in this browser. Unless the text is burned into an image, you can pretty much read it all without horizontal scrolling. This feature is badly needed in Mobile Safari, Firefox and Chrome. I really hope Opera can continue to support this amazing browser.

Bromlife 11y ago

I too use Opera Mobile for its text reflow feature. A feature sorely lacking in (AFAIK) every single other mobile browser.

pcwalton 11y ago
Firefox has text reflow on zoom.
- unicornporn 11y ago
  But it isn't even comparable. I've tried switching to Firefox, but the text reflow sucks badly.
- AaronMT 11y ago
  It is unmaintained and broken.
- gcb0 11y ago
  every browser HAD text reflow at least around 2010~2012. for whatever reason, they all removed it. Android stock had text reflow (and inverted color night reading). then on 2.3.3, gone. now they don't even have a stock browser. they ship with chrome, installed as a system app. firefox started with awesome text reflow. then i think on fenec v16 they screwed up everything when moving to the Reader feature just to clone safari, safari for f* sake...

digitalengineer 11y ago

The best for mobile as far as ICan tell: http://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/ http://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/

unicornporn 11y ago
But you can't comment or reply with it? I like this a lot more (still no solution for comments though): http://hn.premii.com/ http://hn.premii.com/
- digitalengineer 11y ago
  Hey thanks!

unicornporn 11y ago

Funny thing is, text reflow worked perfectly in every WebView browser on Android under Google broke it: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62378 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62378

vardump 11y ago

The nice Opera Mobile reflow works only on Android, maybe some other smaller systems. But not on iOS and Windows Mobile. Opera is the only mobile browser I can tolerate. I think I should do a video capture how nicely pretty much any site works in this browser. Unless the text is burned into an image, you can pretty much read it all without horizontal scrolling. This feature is badly needed in Mobile Safari, Firefox and Chrome. I really hope Opera can continue to support this amazing browser.