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I use pinch to zoom all the time, but Brave (and Firefox) don't seem to implement it (please?)
by herf 8y ago
I use pinch to zoom all the time, but Brave (and Firefox) don't seem to implement it (please?)
- majewsky 8y agoFirefox for Android supports pinch-to-zoom, but only on certain sites (maybe it's disabled by a certain setting of `<meta name="viewport">`). EDIT: Tried just now. Pinch-to-zoom works fine on HN.
- superflyguy 8y agoSettings/accessibility/always enable zoom.
- Filligree 8y agoWhy is disabling it even possible?
- diggan 8y agoApplications might want to implement their own pinch-to-zoom. I can imagine that Google Maps in mobile browsers does that, otherwise you'll just see upscaled images instead of the application fetching new, higher resolution tiles.
- floatboth 8y agoYou can't pinch to zoom the UI of native Android/iOS apps. Makes sense that web apps with "native-like look" might want to behave similarly.
- kwhitefoot 8y agoIt's my device, I should be allowed to pinch to zoom, etc., regardless of what the website or app wants.
- _hyn3 8y agoWhat platform are you on? It works perfectly in both Brave and Firefox installations (unmodified) on Android (version 9, Pie). (Tested on wikipedia articles). However, keep in mind that individual web pages can disable this behavior with meta viewport. (https://www.w3schools.com/Css/css_rwd_viewport.asp https://www.w3schools.com/Css/css_rwd_viewport.asp)
- ec109685 8y agoiOS Safari got rid of this support a few years ago, for the better in my opinion.
- _hyn3 8y agoCan you provide a citation or test on a website such as wikipedia? Try pinching to zoom the text size. (Incidentally, Apple invented (https://www.theverge.com/2012/8/30/3279628/apple-pinch-to-zoom-patent-myth https://www.theverge.com/2012/8/30/3279628/apple-pinch-to-zo...) and tried to patent this gesture: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2045461/us-patent-office-rejects-claims-of-apple-pinch-to-zoom-patent.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/2045461/us-patent-office-rej... )
- ec109685 8y agohttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/37808180/disable-viewport-zooming-ios-10-safari https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37808180/disable-viewpor... My point was individual web pages can’t disable pinch to zoom.