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It remains to be demonstrated that the industry knows that much about touch screen UI's. For example, "mobile" Safari requires me to touch the links on this web

It remains to be demonstrated that the industry knows that much about touch screen UI's. For example, "mobile" Safari requires me to touch the links on this website with my fingertip. I routinely have trouble on this site getting to the discussion when I want to or getting to the discussed site when I want to because those links are close together and Safari doesn't try to improve that situation. If the industry clearly did know how to render a website in the normal way and at the same time afford accurate link visiting with touch input, I would have more faith that vectoring GNOME the way it has been vectored was going to be successful.

Jcowell 4y ago
This is an issue of HackerNews , not Safari or any browser. It’s not a website made for mobile in mind. It’s like being mad that a motorcycle can’t fit all the items a car can. It was not made with that use case.
- cardiffspaceman 4y ago
  I guess when I have a spare moment with only my phone available, I am wrong to visit Hacker News?
  - sofixa 4y ago
    No, HackerNews devs are "wrong" in ignoring mobile users, which are probably a non-insignificant amount.
10000truths 4y ago
> For example, "mobile" Safari requires me to touch the links on this website with my fingertip. I routinely have trouble on this site getting to the discussion when I want to or getting to the discussed site when I want to because those links are close together and Safari doesn't try to improve that situation. Is this not what pinch-and-zoom is for?
- cardiffspaceman 4y ago
  I guess I don't think of things that should work, when those things seem to be defeated so often. There are skills that apply to all websites, but there are skills that I may have tried when I got my first iPhone, but which I have forgotten because they are not universal.
29083011397778 4y ago
just in the interest of hopefully working around your problem: hckrnews.com is my go-to for mobile (and desktop now, actually!), instead of news.ycombinator.com. I find the former much friendlier for mobile, like i.reddit.com instead of old.reddit.com

Jcowell 4y ago

This is an issue of HackerNews , not Safari or any browser. It’s not a website made for mobile in mind. It’s like being mad that a motorcycle can’t fit all the items a car can. It was not made with that use case.

cardiffspaceman 4y ago
I guess when I have a spare moment with only my phone available, I am wrong to visit Hacker News?
- sofixa 4y ago
  No, HackerNews devs are "wrong" in ignoring mobile users, which are probably a non-insignificant amount.

10000truths 4y ago

> For example, "mobile" Safari requires me to touch the links on this website with my fingertip. I routinely have trouble on this site getting to the discussion when I want to or getting to the discussed site when I want to because those links are close together and Safari doesn't try to improve that situation. Is this not what pinch-and-zoom is for?

cardiffspaceman 4y ago
I guess I don't think of things that should work, when those things seem to be defeated so often. There are skills that apply to all websites, but there are skills that I may have tried when I got my first iPhone, but which I have forgotten because they are not universal.

29083011397778 4y ago

just in the interest of hopefully working around your problem: hckrnews.com is my go-to for mobile (and desktop now, actually!), instead of news.ycombinator.com. I find the former much friendlier for mobile, like i.reddit.com instead of old.reddit.com