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HN is almost useless on mobile. Tiny UI elements that are hard to hit, people using code blocks for quotes that cut off after the first few characters, etc

• falcolas 6y ago
  At least it allows for pinch zooming, which is (IMO, of course) an acceptable compromise. Maintain readability for the text while still making it possible to hit the UI elements.
  • cptskippy 6y ago
    Any site allows pinch zooming if you use Firefox and toggle a setting. That isn't an acceptable compromise, you end up doing a lot of horizontal scaling to read block quotes and zooming to touch UI elements. It's not the worst, but it is trivial to do better.
    • altfredd 6y ago
      > you end up doing a lot of horizontal scaling to read block quotes what block quotes?
  • SilasX 6y ago
    Exactly. Most of the time, recoverable flaws are better than immutable bad design.