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> I’d say perhaps once per day I’ll encounter a website that has never had zoom in/out (ctl +/-) tested because if you zoom up even one level from 100%, everyth
by pbalau 4mo ago
> I’d say perhaps once per day I’ll encounter a website that has never had zoom in/out (ctl +/-) tested because if you zoom up even one level from 100%, everything breaks
Just tested, hn breaks if you zoom >110%.
- oneeyedpigeon 4mo agoHow does it break for you? Seems OK to me on android — in fact, I already had it at 110%. Reminded me to check my desktop settings which have HN fixed at 125%. I cannot believe that, in 2026, the default font size is set at 12px — is anyone actually reading it at that size?!
- ryandrake 4mo ago> I cannot believe that, in 2026, the default font size is set at 12px — is anyone actually reading it at that size?! The very first "quality of life" thing I do when I install a new computer / operating system nowadays is double (sometimes triple) the default font size. 12pt was probably fine when our monitors were 640x480, and when we were 18 years old.
- voidUpdate 4mo agoI leave HN on default everything, but I have a 1080p monitor so it might look bigger for me than someone with a higher resolution monitor... I don't know how that works. But I often have to zoom out of websites linked here because the text is so big and it feels uncomfortable to read
- pbalau 4mo agoFor some reason I though the GP was talking about browsing on mobile, where I have the issue: https://imgbox.com/EiovsE5b https://imgbox.com/EiovsE5b https://imgbox.com/A4Fl9lE9 https://imgbox.com/A4Fl9lE9
- whstl 4mo agoThe same issue happens on desktop but it requires zooming a bit more than 110%, and is screen-size dependent.
- chowells 4mo agoYeah, 12px is fine (27" 1440p, no display scaling). It is on the small side. I'd go a bit larger for something I made. But it's not a small enough to slow down my reading.
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- cestith 4mo agoWhich platform is this on? I usually read hn on a desktop browser, and it works fine well above 110% there.
- pbalau 4mo agoAndroid https://imgbox.com/EiovsE5b https://imgbox.com/EiovsE5b https://imgbox.com/A4Fl9lE9 https://imgbox.com/A4Fl9lE9
- cestith 4mo agoI use DuckDuckGo Browser, Firefox, and Chrome on Android pretty much in that order of preference. In both mobile mode and desktop mode all of these browsers support pinch zoom and two-finger drag scrolling. I have no problems with this site using those. I think we might need a little more information than just the OS to differentiate.
- jabroni_salad 4mo agoI browse everything at 125% and HN is fine on my machine so I decided to check. It depends on your width. 1080px wide (aka on my vertical monitor) HN comments stop reflowing > 300% At 1920px wide it never stops reflowing.
- pbalau 4mo agoFor some reason I though the GP was talking about browsing on mobile, where I have the issue: https://imgbox.com/EiovsE5b https://imgbox.com/EiovsE5b https://imgbox.com/A4Fl9lE9 https://imgbox.com/A4Fl9lE9