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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 iPhone
by 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 agoSo 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 agoSites 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 agoI 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 agoI 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 agoRequiring 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.