5 ms·

I really like the current simple design of HN, my only issue with it is how ridiculously zoomed out it is by default. I've been viewing HN at 150% zoom for as l

I really like the current simple design of HN, my only issue with it is how ridiculously zoomed out it is by default. I've been viewing HN at 150% zoom for as long as I can remember.

victornomad 4y ago
I view HN at 200% Getting old :/
- TakeBlaster16 4y ago
  I've always felt bad about 133% and this thread is putting things in perspective for me
  - teejmya 4y ago
    I use 200% and I'm in my 20s. Nothing wrong with reading comfortably!
  - crispyalmond 4y ago
    I normally use 160%, I love this site.
pbasista 4y ago
I am viewing the standard version of HN at 270% on a 4K screen. The main reason is not the font size but the layout. Only at that zoom level would the page span the entire width of the screen and wrap the text around.
krossitalk 4y ago
Hah, I have particularly bad eyesight and HN and Terminal are both around 175% normal (12pt) zoom levels.
- sshine 4y ago
  I only have an average bad eyesight, but I still prefer ridiculously zoomed text. My focus simply is always on very little code or text at a time, so I don’t see the point of not utilising my screens fully.
Akronymus 4y ago
For me, I dislike that it is not in dark mode without some userscript
- tsol 4y ago
  A toggle switch would be very nice for night time reading.
DavideNL 4y ago
Same here. Firefox on iPhone/iOS can't zoom text (a long time open request.) Therefor it's impossible to this website with it. Kind of ridiculous. Is it really so hard to create a proper default layout? Text size seems so basic...
mmcnl 4y ago
The current design is simple but lacking imo. Font size is small, not touch friendly. Also annoying that a single new line doesn't do anything, you need to have two. Doesn't make sense at all.
- ggorlen 4y ago
  > Also annoying that a single new line doesn't do anything, you need to have two. Doesn't make sense at all. This is how markdown works, so it feels natural to me (although then the differences from markdown become apparent...)
theonething 4y ago
I apparently set HN to 150% so long ago and had gotten so used to it I didn't even realize that I had until reading this comment. Just tried 100% out of curiosity and you're right, it's ridiculous.
- capitainenemo 4y ago
  Hm, dunno. Just tried out zoomed in to 150% and switched it back. I like having more text on the page without scrolling. Esp given how wordy people get get here, and as the nesting grows. But I guess to each their own. +1 for loving simplicity of current design though.
thirdsun 4y ago
120% here. I suddenly feel very young.

I really like the current simple design of HN, my only issue with it is how ridiculously zoomed out it is by default. I've been viewing HN at 150% zoom for as long as I can remember.

victornomad 4y ago

I view HN at 200% Getting old :/

TakeBlaster16 4y ago
I've always felt bad about 133% and this thread is putting things in perspective for me
- teejmya 4y ago
  I use 200% and I'm in my 20s. Nothing wrong with reading comfortably!
- crispyalmond 4y ago
  I normally use 160%, I love this site.

pbasista 4y ago

I am viewing the standard version of HN at 270% on a 4K screen. The main reason is not the font size but the layout. Only at that zoom level would the page span the entire width of the screen and wrap the text around.

krossitalk 4y ago

Hah, I have particularly bad eyesight and HN and Terminal are both around 175% normal (12pt) zoom levels.

sshine 4y ago
I only have an average bad eyesight, but I still prefer ridiculously zoomed text. My focus simply is always on very little code or text at a time, so I don’t see the point of not utilising my screens fully.

Akronymus 4y ago

For me, I dislike that it is not in dark mode without some userscript

tsol 4y ago
A toggle switch would be very nice for night time reading.

DavideNL 4y ago

Same here. Firefox on iPhone/iOS can't zoom text (a long time open request.) Therefor it's impossible to this website with it. Kind of ridiculous. Is it really so hard to create a proper default layout? Text size seems so basic...

mmcnl 4y ago

The current design is simple but lacking imo. Font size is small, not touch friendly. Also annoying that a single new line doesn't do anything, you need to have two. Doesn't make sense at all.

ggorlen 4y ago
> Also annoying that a single new line doesn't do anything, you need to have two. Doesn't make sense at all. This is how markdown works, so it feels natural to me (although then the differences from markdown become apparent...)

theonething 4y ago

I apparently set HN to 150% so long ago and had gotten so used to it I didn't even realize that I had until reading this comment. Just tried 100% out of curiosity and you're right, it's ridiculous.

capitainenemo 4y ago
Hm, dunno. Just tried out zoomed in to 150% and switched it back. I like having more text on the page without scrolling. Esp given how wordy people get get here, and as the nesting grows. But I guess to each their own. +1 for loving simplicity of current design though.

thirdsun 4y ago

120% here. I suddenly feel very young.