It used to be better with mobile browsers that knew how to properly reflow text (Opera Mobile), so that comments didn't get progressively narrower down the repl

It used to be better with mobile browsers that knew how to properly reflow text (Opera Mobile), so that comments didn't get progressively narrower down the reply chain. Dumber browsers have since taken over as the whole "responsive" thing became a responsibility of the website itself, instead of being taken care of by the user agent, with inconsistent and ultimately worse results.