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I love that Chrome on Android lets me zoom into any content on any site, regardless of how bad the devs borked the UX. (Yes, devs, if you don't allow me to zoom

I love that Chrome on Android lets me zoom into any content on any site, regardless of how bad the devs borked the UX. (Yes, devs, if you don't allow me to zoom using the browser's built-in capabilities, you have borked the UX, and should be ashamed of yourselves.)

KLexpat 6y ago
If you have a windows 10 laptop, pinching on the touchpad seems to give you the same zoom functionality now. vastly superior than the one built into the browser
Robotbeat 6y ago
I didn’t know this! And inability to do this is a huge pet peeve (as well as not being able to zoom OUT and get a desktop-like view on my phone). Does this work on any browser for iPhone?
- falcolas 6y ago
  Just confirmed it works on Firefox and Safari. Though I seem to recall seeing some sites which break that functionality with CSS.
Aerroon 6y ago
This is one of the main reasons I prefer using a website on my phone as opposed to an app. Some apps allow me to zoom others don't. The browsers lets me do that regardless.
ficklepickle 6y ago
Unless its, say, a mapping web app. In which case, pinch-zoom adjusts the canvas map zoom, allowing regular zoom would actually break the UX. I agree though, let me zoom on a blog post. The diagrams are often unreadable on mobile.
efreak 6y ago
If you're using a mobile browser on Android that doesn't allow overriding websites that disable zoom (or using a website that defines font sizes in vw/vh), check your accessibility settings, there should be a shortcut for triple-tap to enable a zoom function. Some devices have other magnifying functions as well. My tablets and phone all have the basic magnifier function; my LineageOS (android 7 & 8) tablets additionally have a screen zoom/dpi setting to modify how large both pictures and text appear, and my samsung tablet (Android 10) has this and also a text zoom function. There's also a minimum view width setting in developer options since at least Android 8, to ensure interfaces aren't too small on mobile (this only goes one way though-- there's no maximum view width and no height controls). It doesn't help with everything, but the triple-tap zoom is quite useful.

KLexpat 6y ago

If you have a windows 10 laptop, pinching on the touchpad seems to give you the same zoom functionality now. vastly superior than the one built into the browser

Robotbeat 6y ago

I didn’t know this! And inability to do this is a huge pet peeve (as well as not being able to zoom OUT and get a desktop-like view on my phone). Does this work on any browser for iPhone?

falcolas 6y ago
Just confirmed it works on Firefox and Safari. Though I seem to recall seeing some sites which break that functionality with CSS.

Aerroon 6y ago

This is one of the main reasons I prefer using a website on my phone as opposed to an app. Some apps allow me to zoom others don't. The browsers lets me do that regardless.

ficklepickle 6y ago

Unless its, say, a mapping web app. In which case, pinch-zoom adjusts the canvas map zoom, allowing regular zoom would actually break the UX. I agree though, let me zoom on a blog post. The diagrams are often unreadable on mobile.

efreak 6y ago

If you're using a mobile browser on Android that doesn't allow overriding websites that disable zoom (or using a website that defines font sizes in vw/vh), check your accessibility settings, there should be a shortcut for triple-tap to enable a zoom function. Some devices have other magnifying functions as well. My tablets and phone all have the basic magnifier function; my LineageOS (android 7 & 8) tablets additionally have a screen zoom/dpi setting to modify how large both pictures and text appear, and my samsung tablet (Android 10) has this and also a text zoom function. There's also a minimum view width setting in developer options since at least Android 8, to ensure interfaces aren't too small on mobile (this only goes one way though-- there's no maximum view width and no height controls). It doesn't help with everything, but the triple-tap zoom is quite useful.