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For me, HN is one of the hardest to read on default zoom.

by tiagod 3y ago

andy_ppp 3y ago
It's a real shame the site is never improved due to the captive market and lack of need to make things better. I am constantly downvoting on mobile when I mean to be upvoting for example, surely they could just make the clickable area bigger.
- yccs27 3y ago
  I also sometimes wish this site got an overhaul, but then I look at the new Reddit layout and feel glad HN hasn't changed like that.
  - andy_ppp 3y ago
    Yes completely, I can't understand why Reddit hate their users so much, I find the site totally unusable and I often just leave immediately if I visit it!
  - Solvency 3y ago
    That's the most slippery slope argument possible. "Whoa can't refine the hit state on two arrows by a few pixels! The whole site might become anew Reddit!"
    - dspillett 3y ago
      I think the argument is more “if I had to choose between the two extremes, I'd definitely prefer this one” than the slippery slope of “I don't want change because change might lead to abomination”.
- DHPersonal 3y ago
  I use a Safari extension to add my own CSS and edited a Stylish package that already existed to update the design a bit. On iOS and iPadOS I use Hack. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-reader/id1464477788 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-reader/id...
- bee_rider 3y ago
  That’s interesting; this seems like one of the better mobile sites to me. I mean it is just a column of text. I don’t really care that much if I hit the wrong voting button, though. I’m just one little signal, if my inputs are slightly stochastic it shouldn’t matter too much. If I really love a comment I can zoom in a bit to hit the arrows.
account42 3y ago
Then change your DPI scaling factor to match your display size and viewing conditions. HN has a perfectly reasonable font size.
- dns_snek 3y ago
  There are exactly 2 websites where I feel like I need to increase my front size, HN (140%, no less) and old.reddit.com. Every other website I use looks fine. And I'm not changing the font size on every website I visit for the rest of my life just so that HN can display properly at 100% zoom.
  - Solvency 3y ago
    Exact same boat. HN font size is outrageously small.
  - sensanaty 3y ago
    Lol yep, I have HN on 180% on my 4K screen and even then the text is fairly small
    - account42 3y ago
      Then something in your setup is wrong. How many pixels your screen has is irrelevant, as long as your setup isn't broken CSS pixels should be (roughly) the same physical size.
  - aquariusDue 3y ago
    Same here, and for this reason I prefer Firefox because it remembers the zoom size on a per domain basis instead of a tab basis.
    - CharlesW 3y ago
      Chrome and Safari do this too.
- Macha 3y ago

For me, HN is one of the hardest to read on default zoom.

by tiagod 3y ago

For me, HN is one of the hardest to read on default zoom.

It's a real shame the site is never improved due to the captive market and lack of need to make things better. I am constantly downvoting on mobile when I mean to be upvoting for example, surely they could just make the clickable area bigger.

yccs27 3y ago
I also sometimes wish this site got an overhaul, but then I look at the new Reddit layout and feel glad HN hasn't changed like that.
- andy_ppp 3y ago
  Yes completely, I can't understand why Reddit hate their users so much, I find the site totally unusable and I often just leave immediately if I visit it!
- Solvency 3y ago
  That's the most slippery slope argument possible. "Whoa can't refine the hit state on two arrows by a few pixels! The whole site might become anew Reddit!"
  - dspillett 3y ago
    I think the argument is more “if I had to choose between the two extremes, I'd definitely prefer this one” than the slippery slope of “I don't want change because change might lead to abomination”.
DHPersonal 3y ago
I use a Safari extension to add my own CSS and edited a Stylish package that already existed to update the design a bit. On iOS and iPadOS I use Hack. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-reader/id1464477788 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-reader/id...
bee_rider 3y ago
That’s interesting; this seems like one of the better mobile sites to me. I mean it is just a column of text. I don’t really care that much if I hit the wrong voting button, though. I’m just one little signal, if my inputs are slightly stochastic it shouldn’t matter too much. If I really love a comment I can zoom in a bit to hit the arrows.

account42 3y ago

Then change your DPI scaling factor to match your display size and viewing conditions. HN has a perfectly reasonable font size.

dns_snek 3y ago
There are exactly 2 websites where I feel like I need to increase my front size, HN (140%, no less) and old.reddit.com. Every other website I use looks fine. And I'm not changing the font size on every website I visit for the rest of my life just so that HN can display properly at 100% zoom.
- Solvency 3y ago
  Exact same boat. HN font size is outrageously small.
- sensanaty 3y ago
  Lol yep, I have HN on 180% on my 4K screen and even then the text is fairly small
  - account42 3y ago
    Then something in your setup is wrong. How many pixels your screen has is irrelevant, as long as your setup isn't broken CSS pixels should be (roughly) the same physical size.
- aquariusDue 3y ago
  Same here, and for this reason I prefer Firefox because it remembers the zoom size on a per domain basis instead of a tab basis.
  - CharlesW 3y ago
    Chrome and Safari do this too.
Macha 3y ago