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Thank you. Ah, so you grudge is <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">, sorry, I was confused by default awful table style. That
by sergeykish 6y ago
Thank you. Ah, so you grudge is <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">, sorry, I was confused by default awful table style.
That is much harder, there was no simple answer [1], browsers displayed viewport, some (Opera Mobile or Mini) had text reflow option. One company decided that it is authors responsibility [2], others followed. And now it is bad default.
So what can we do? Improve own experience – vote with your feet, inject setting in extension, patch and compile open source browser – plenty of options, and write about it. From my experience – Linux, uMatrix, Stylus, patch Firefox, have to write now (I'll edit later). That's why why meant by "have you updated yours (user.css)?".
If anything we need more choice. Build your own browser -Ungoogled, Iridium, Tor browser, Beaker Browser. Hack on smaller codebase - Netsurf, Dillo. There are graphical DOS browsers, console browsers, BeOS browser, Plan 9 browser, Emacs browser.
I mentioned quirks mode (correct, without doctype) to show how insignificant details with almost no presence still guarded by browsers. That page was written before pixel perfect reproduction was a thing. There are a lot of pages from another era https://theoldnet.com/ https://theoldnet.com/
[1] https://www.quirksmode.org/mobile/viewports2.html https://www.quirksmode.org/mobile/viewports2.html
[2] https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/UsingtheViewport/UsingtheViewport.html https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Ap...
- ezequiel-garzon 6y agoThank you. Ah, so you grudge is <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">, sorry, I was confused by default awful table style. Thank you, Sergey! And now that I've taken a look at your home webpage I'm happy to see you agree with me! Thanks for the detailed explanations and the links. Comments like yours make HN the Internet gem it is!