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I agree that information density can be lacking with some of the redesigns... but I want to point out that if you're able to read HN on a mobile screen it is be
by jordanlev 11y ago
I agree that information density can be lacking with some of the redesigns... but I want to point out that if you're able to read HN on a mobile screen it is because you are blessed with youth and/or good vision.
A lot of us can't make out the text when it is so small, so a ton of pinch-zooming is necessary, which is a rough user experience.
(That being said, at least pinch-zooming is an option... nothing bothers me more than when a site actively disabled zooming on mobile with the god-forsaken "user-scalable=no" meta viewport attribute!)
- TheBiv 11y agoCould not agree more (re: youth/good vision) which is why I personally don't mind if there was a mobile optimized user experience. My only hope in saying my comment is that I would have the ability to set the way HN is now as my default mobile viewing version and allow others to view the mobile optimized version.
- tempestn 11y agoFor me the ideal solution would be if you could pinch zoom and have the text wrap to the viewport. Best of both worlds. A handful of sites seem to support this (at least on the browser I use), but it's unfortunately not very common.
- derekp7 11y agoTry using Opera (just for HN), which lets you set text reflow when you pinch to zoom.