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Then their algorithm isn't consistent, as shown by screenshot. Some comments on HN are "boosted", while others remain tiny. This also makes it impossible to r

Then their algorithm isn't consistent, as shown by screenshot. Some comments on HN are "boosted", while others remain tiny. This also makes it impossible to reliably hit any of the other page controls, like voting, without having to manually zoom way in and then back out.

tikhonj 15y ago
Of course, the voting arrows are hard to hit even on a normal browser! I actually really like the idea of adjusting text size like this, but the particular implementations of this idea may be less than ideal. I'll have to play around with it when I get the chance and see what it's like.
- zobzu 15y ago
  they're ok on a normal browser.. arrows are many pixels wide and the cursors are 1 or 2 pixels wide. on mobile.. your finger takes like 50 pixels; so yeah.
justincormack 15y ago
On the other hand you cant read the text on Browser without zooming. So it is arguably an improvement. Suspect if HN was designed for mobile the result would seem less odd. Generally seems to make more stuff readable that otherwise isn't with less zooming, so an improvement. The voting controls on HN just need to be bigger!
buster 15y ago
Keep in mind that it's a beta
ZeroGravitas 15y ago
I remember seeing a very similar effect on my iPhone 3G with Safari. Since it only ever happened on Hacker News, I'd personally place the blame on the HTML here, rather than the browsers. When it works I prefer this rendering, I couldn't figure out what was different at first, I assumed it was just better tuned to my Galaxy Nexus screen size/dpi. Also, one of the other features is a zoom window when you try and click on small link targets that are close together. Not tried it here yet but it worked beautifully on the similar up/down vote arrows on Reddit. (image showing it in action: http://i.imgur.com/UpWKF.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UpWKF.jpg)

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Then their algorithm isn't consistent, as shown by screenshot. Some comments on HN are "boosted", while others remain tiny. This also makes it impossible to r

by nuclear_eclipse 15y ago

tikhonj 15y ago
Of course, the voting arrows are hard to hit even on a normal browser! I actually really like the idea of adjusting text size like this, but the particular implementations of this idea may be less than ideal. I'll have to play around with it when I get the chance and see what it's like.
- zobzu 15y ago
  they're ok on a normal browser.. arrows are many pixels wide and the cursors are 1 or 2 pixels wide. on mobile.. your finger takes like 50 pixels; so yeah.
justincormack 15y ago
On the other hand you cant read the text on Browser without zooming. So it is arguably an improvement. Suspect if HN was designed for mobile the result would seem less odd. Generally seems to make more stuff readable that otherwise isn't with less zooming, so an improvement. The voting controls on HN just need to be bigger!
buster 15y ago
Keep in mind that it's a beta
ZeroGravitas 15y ago
I remember seeing a very similar effect on my iPhone 3G with Safari. Since it only ever happened on Hacker News, I'd personally place the blame on the HTML here, rather than the browsers. When it works I prefer this rendering, I couldn't figure out what was different at first, I assumed it was just better tuned to my Galaxy Nexus screen size/dpi. Also, one of the other features is a zoom window when you try and click on small link targets that are close together. Not tried it here yet but it worked beautifully on the similar up/down vote arrows on Reddit. (image showing it in action: http://i.imgur.com/UpWKF.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UpWKF.jpg)