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It is very easy to fat finger the "flag" link as a user when browsing from a phone. Any thoughts on a mobile skin to HN that removes flag?

pg 15y ago
One day I'll make a mobile-optimized version.
- wensing 15y ago
  In the meantime keep funding fledgling companies and we'll choose from the abundance of HN apps already available. :)
  - joelhooks 15y ago
    Do you have a favorite? The one I liked and paid for hasn't been updated in a long time and is essentially broken.
    - halostatue 15y ago
      I switched to news:yc recently and am very happy with it.
      - joelhooks 15y ago
        Ahhh, thanks. That is just what I was looking for.
- palish 15y ago
  HN already is a mobile-optimized version (except possibly the up/down arrows). No need to waste your time. EDIT: Well, the community has spoken.
  - BadHabitz 15y ago
    Are you referring to the knee-jerk reaction of a few downvotes in the last hour? I wouldn't put too much into that...
  - smackfu 15y ago
    You think? On my iPhone, the page width is about twice as wide as would be comfortable to read, so either you read tiny print or zoom and scroll constantly.
- WiseWeasel 15y ago
  The other problem I've encountered on mobile devices (and even occasionally on a PC with a mouse) is that the voting arrows are small and quite close together, making it rather easy to hit the wrong one. One possible solution would be to have only the arrow you click disappear, so you could always hit the other one and at least cancel out your own vote if you made a mistake.
- JoeCortopassi 15y ago
  Shoot, I'll do it for you for free.
Wilduck 15y ago
I hate doing this. I just want to see the comments for an interesting article and end up flagging it. I always hammer on the back button, but doubt it does any good. I don't know if a single user flagging a post on accident has any real effect, but it makes me feel terrible.
- pmjordan 15y ago
  You can unflag! The 'flag' link turns into 'unflag' next time you view that comment/story.
jammur 15y ago
An alternative to a mobile skin might be to have the option to "unflag" something. Even with a mobile skin, I could see submissions still being accidentally flagged.
- samstokes 15y ago
  The "flag" link does turn into "unflag" after you click it.

pg 15y ago

One day I'll make a mobile-optimized version.

wensing 15y ago
In the meantime keep funding fledgling companies and we'll choose from the abundance of HN apps already available. :)
- joelhooks 15y ago
  Do you have a favorite? The one I liked and paid for hasn't been updated in a long time and is essentially broken.
  - halostatue 15y ago
    I switched to news:yc recently and am very happy with it.
    - joelhooks 15y ago
      Ahhh, thanks. That is just what I was looking for.
palish 15y ago
HN already is a mobile-optimized version (except possibly the up/down arrows). No need to waste your time. EDIT: Well, the community has spoken.
- BadHabitz 15y ago
  Are you referring to the knee-jerk reaction of a few downvotes in the last hour? I wouldn't put too much into that...
- smackfu 15y ago
  You think? On my iPhone, the page width is about twice as wide as would be comfortable to read, so either you read tiny print or zoom and scroll constantly.
WiseWeasel 15y ago
The other problem I've encountered on mobile devices (and even occasionally on a PC with a mouse) is that the voting arrows are small and quite close together, making it rather easy to hit the wrong one. One possible solution would be to have only the arrow you click disappear, so you could always hit the other one and at least cancel out your own vote if you made a mistake.
JoeCortopassi 15y ago
Shoot, I'll do it for you for free.

Wilduck 15y ago

I hate doing this. I just want to see the comments for an interesting article and end up flagging it. I always hammer on the back button, but doubt it does any good. I don't know if a single user flagging a post on accident has any real effect, but it makes me feel terrible.

pmjordan 15y ago
You can unflag! The 'flag' link turns into 'unflag' next time you view that comment/story.

jammur 15y ago

An alternative to a mobile skin might be to have the option to "unflag" something. Even with a mobile skin, I could see submissions still being accidentally flagged.

samstokes 15y ago
The "flag" link does turn into "unflag" after you click it.