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Firefox reformats text by enlarging it based on the width (like mobile Safari) rather than by re-wrapping it as you zoom (like Android or Opera Mobile). This m
by mbrubeck 14y ago
Firefox reformats text by enlarging it based on the width (like mobile Safari) rather than by re-wrapping it as you zoom (like Android or Opera Mobile).
This means that when you double-tap on some text, it should zoom to the width of the text and that text should already be at a readable size. The "text size" preference determines how much the text is enlarged. It may not work on some pages because we use lots of heuristics to determine whether reformatting text will break the layout, and we are still working on tuning those heuristics.
- napoleoncomplex 14y agoDid some further testing on the 4 websites I actually visit on my mobile, 2 of them have specific mobile versions which look good, 2 of them don't have mobile versions (Hacker News is one of those), and the default zoom is much too small to read anything when double tapping. All 4 sites load what seems like 10 times faster than the stock, so the thing definitely flies in terms of loading. Based on that I'd switch in a heartbeat, but the zooming kills it. Do you think there will be any options for word wrap and the like in the future? Though I realise I might be in an extreme minority, as the Ray has an hdpi resolution screen despite it being only 3.3 inches, which amplifies the issue.
- ivysid 14y agoMissing re-flow/re-wrap makes for a sad mobile web experience. No love for iOS nor Windows Phone for this reason. Long live Android!