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I think if a web page formatted with nothing more than <h1>, <h2> and <p> tags isn't displayed well on your phone, the failing is with your browser, not the pag
by simondotau 3y ago
I think if a web page formatted with nothing more than <h1>, <h2> and <p> tags isn't displayed well on your phone, the failing is with your browser, not the page.
Surely a web page with utterly default style and zero layout should be a minimally cromulent experience on any device. It's just headings and paragraphs, with the occasional bullet point and indent. There's no stylesheet. There's no reference to millimetres, pixels or point sizes. Everything is defaults.
- accrual 3y agoAmazing that I would run into the owner/operator of Whirlpool on hn. I used the site a lot back in the day for modem/networking help. Thanks for all the fish!
- rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 3y agoThe website from your HN profile works fine on mobile. Why did you put in the work for that and not rely on the "defaults"?
- simondotau 3y agoIs that a serious question? I'll offer a serious answer if so, even though it's an absolute non sequitur.
- rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 3y agoIt is absolutely a serious question.
- simondotau 3y agoInformation density, feature density, and distinctiveness. Also it's fun.
- rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 3y ago> Information density, feature density, and brand association. Nice things I want from a page that talk at length about obsd too but it seems I am wrong for wanting them.
- simondotau 3y ago> Nice things I want from a page Unlike my website, the page here is a static document. I see no information density issue showing a static document with generic mark-up. The page has no features at all, dense or otherwise. The page has no need for brand, it's just a document written by someone, and that person probably doesn't have a personal logo or corporate colours. > it seems I am wrong for wanting them. I never said that. What I said is that the browser is wrong for giving you an unsatisfactory experience with a generic web page.