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You should change your browser settings to force-enable zooming on all sites.

lmm 4y ago
Browsers shouldn't need a setting for this. Whoever decided to allow websites to disable zooming should be shot, along with whoever decided to allow them to disable copy/paste or hijack ctrl-f.
- cuteboy19 4y ago
  I genuinely think that there is no legitimate use case for disabled copy paste. It's just nonsense security theatre (which banks absolutely love)
  - bombcar 4y ago
    There could be a modicum of use for it in some rare, rare cases, but the value provided in those cases is far outweighed by the value lost when it is prohibited.
    - kergonath 4y ago
      You cannot prevent copy and paste. Particularly with things like reliable OCR in the photo app, like all iPhones have had for 2 or 3 years.
  - dromedariusCase 4y ago
    https://play.typeracer.com/ https://play.typeracer.com/ Here's your legitimate use case. Very fun, and also impossible without disabling copy-paste.
    - deleted 4y ago
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    - justsomehnguy 4y ago
      The site doesn't loads for me, but there is no need to disable copy/paste for such things. Just track the paste operation and place a big red CHEATER banner on the username. Also what can be disabled with javascript - can be enabled with javascript.
- ajmurmann 4y ago
  It's so weird to me that this initially became common with websites that were "optimized for iphones". Boggled my mind, since pinch-zooming was what made iPhones so cool initially
  - beachy 4y ago
    So true. Funny seeing people complain about sites that are not mobile friendly because they require pinch zooming. Pinch zoom is what makes sites like HN so much more mobile friendly than others!
    - oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
      Sites that disable zoom < sites that require zoom < all other sites (I'm not really calling out HN here - its mobile experience is still better than most, although voting pretty much requires zoom)
      - causality0 4y ago
        I can't count the number of times I've accidentally flagged something and gone "aw hell" and had to track it back down to unflag it.
  - pessimizer 4y ago
    I think it's because pinch-to-zoom is actually terrible, although it has a cool name and looks cool. The problem is that it requires two points of contact to move apart, and you also have to hold the phone at the same time. The best way to do it was screw-to-zoom, where you draw a spiral to zoom in or out; righty-tighty to zoom in, lefty-loosey to zoom out. "Screw-to-zoom" is a bit gross for marketing, though. Maybe "spiral-in, spiral-out"?
    - ajmurmann 4y ago
      Requiring it to be usable is terrible. That said if images are important to the content, it's almost impossible without zoom to get a decent experience on a tiny screen.
- fomine3 4y ago
  user-scalable=no must be criminal!
thewebcount 4y ago
You can try that, but then you get sites where stuff goes flying off the screen when you zoom. Honestly, it’s hard to believe that websites can be so poorly designed, but they are!
hattar 4y ago
Is this possible on iOS? The only way I’ve seen is with a Javascript bookmarklet.

lmm 4y ago

Browsers shouldn't need a setting for this. Whoever decided to allow websites to disable zooming should be shot, along with whoever decided to allow them to disable copy/paste or hijack ctrl-f.

cuteboy19 4y ago
I genuinely think that there is no legitimate use case for disabled copy paste. It's just nonsense security theatre (which banks absolutely love)
- bombcar 4y ago
  There could be a modicum of use for it in some rare, rare cases, but the value provided in those cases is far outweighed by the value lost when it is prohibited.
  - kergonath 4y ago
    You cannot prevent copy and paste. Particularly with things like reliable OCR in the photo app, like all iPhones have had for 2 or 3 years.
- dromedariusCase 4y ago
  https://play.typeracer.com/ https://play.typeracer.com/ Here's your legitimate use case. Very fun, and also impossible without disabling copy-paste.
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
  - justsomehnguy 4y ago
    The site doesn't loads for me, but there is no need to disable copy/paste for such things. Just track the paste operation and place a big red CHEATER banner on the username. Also what can be disabled with javascript - can be enabled with javascript.
ajmurmann 4y ago
It's so weird to me that this initially became common with websites that were "optimized for iphones". Boggled my mind, since pinch-zooming was what made iPhones so cool initially
- beachy 4y ago
  So true. Funny seeing people complain about sites that are not mobile friendly because they require pinch zooming. Pinch zoom is what makes sites like HN so much more mobile friendly than others!
  - oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
    Sites that disable zoom < sites that require zoom < all other sites (I'm not really calling out HN here - its mobile experience is still better than most, although voting pretty much requires zoom)
    - causality0 4y ago
      I can't count the number of times I've accidentally flagged something and gone "aw hell" and had to track it back down to unflag it.
- pessimizer 4y ago
  I think it's because pinch-to-zoom is actually terrible, although it has a cool name and looks cool. The problem is that it requires two points of contact to move apart, and you also have to hold the phone at the same time. The best way to do it was screw-to-zoom, where you draw a spiral to zoom in or out; righty-tighty to zoom in, lefty-loosey to zoom out. "Screw-to-zoom" is a bit gross for marketing, though. Maybe "spiral-in, spiral-out"?
  - ajmurmann 4y ago
    Requiring it to be usable is terrible. That said if images are important to the content, it's almost impossible without zoom to get a decent experience on a tiny screen.
fomine3 4y ago
user-scalable=no must be criminal!

thewebcount 4y ago

You can try that, but then you get sites where stuff goes flying off the screen when you zoom. Honestly, it’s hard to believe that websites can be so poorly designed, but they are!

hattar 4y ago

Is this possible on iOS? The only way I’ve seen is with a Javascript bookmarklet.