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While you're tweaking things, mind increasing the font size? I typically zoom in, but then the up arrows get pixelated. Such problems!

by k0mplex 13y ago

andyfleming 13y ago
Check out the "HackerNew" Chrome extension. It's a much nicer look and interaction, IMO.
nitrogen 13y ago
You could use a user stylesheet to change the font size without scaling the arrows.
- elwell 13y ago
  I think sort of statement is pg's secret intention / reasoning behind keeping HN the same: hackers will make it work for themselves (e.g., via custom stylesheet etc.).
  - deleted 13y ago
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  - guptaneil 13y ago
    The problem with that reasoning is that it only applies to desktop. It's mobile where reading HN is painful, and that's exactly where I can't use custom stylesheets, at least not without installing a new browser.
    - tokenizerrr 13y ago
      There's several great apps though ;)
sjwright 13y ago
As do I. In fact, one of my favourite Firefox add-ons is called NoSquint, which remembers your zoom setting on a per-site basis. For me, Hacker News is constantly at 150%, and wikipedia is 180%. As for the arrows being pixelated, rather than having higher resolution images, shouldn't the images be replaced with unicode? ▲ ▲ ▼ ▼
- erichurkman 13y ago
  Doesn't Firefox remember your zoom settings on a per-site basis out of the box?
  - mintplant 13y ago
    Yep: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/font-size-and-zoom-increase-size-of-web-pages https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/font-size-and-zoom-incr... NoSquint only seems to be useful if you want to adjust the global zoom level.
    - erichurkman 13y ago
      After playing with the extension for a moment, there's one key feature that'll probably make me keep it installed: per-site configuration of text-zoom vs. full browser-zoom. Firefox's "Zoom Text Only" is a global setting, but the extension permits it on a per-site basis.
      - sjwright 13y ago
        It also puts the current zoom level in the status bar, which I find useful.
- tessierashpool 13y ago
  I think the answer to your question is yes, but at the risk of being downvoted, you might get a nasty reality check if you view source and do a find on the string "table."
jeorgun 13y ago
The arrows do become higher-res at 200%, if you're having serious readability issues. Or you could do something with Stylish or the like.
dunham 13y ago
It's possible to tweak it yourself. If you're in Chrome, save this gist to hn.user.js, edit to taste, and drop the file on the extensions page. https://gist.github.com/dunhamsteve/8572389

While you're tweaking things, mind increasing the font size? I typically zoom in, but then the up arrows get pixelated. Such problems!

by k0mplex 13y ago

While you're tweaking things, mind increasing the font size? I typically zoom in, but then the up arrows get pixelated. Such problems!

andyfleming 13y ago

Check out the "HackerNew" Chrome extension. It's a much nicer look and interaction, IMO.

nitrogen 13y ago

You could use a user stylesheet to change the font size without scaling the arrows.

elwell 13y ago
I think sort of statement is pg's secret intention / reasoning behind keeping HN the same: hackers will make it work for themselves (e.g., via custom stylesheet etc.).
- deleted 13y ago
  [deleted]
- guptaneil 13y ago
  The problem with that reasoning is that it only applies to desktop. It's mobile where reading HN is painful, and that's exactly where I can't use custom stylesheets, at least not without installing a new browser.
  - tokenizerrr 13y ago
    There's several great apps though ;)

sjwright 13y ago

As do I. In fact, one of my favourite Firefox add-ons is called NoSquint, which remembers your zoom setting on a per-site basis. For me, Hacker News is constantly at 150%, and wikipedia is 180%. As for the arrows being pixelated, rather than having higher resolution images, shouldn't the images be replaced with unicode? ▲ ▲ ▼ ▼

erichurkman 13y ago
Doesn't Firefox remember your zoom settings on a per-site basis out of the box?
- mintplant 13y ago
  Yep: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/font-size-and-zoom-increase-size-of-web-pages https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/font-size-and-zoom-incr... NoSquint only seems to be useful if you want to adjust the global zoom level.
  - erichurkman 13y ago
    After playing with the extension for a moment, there's one key feature that'll probably make me keep it installed: per-site configuration of text-zoom vs. full browser-zoom. Firefox's "Zoom Text Only" is a global setting, but the extension permits it on a per-site basis.
    - sjwright 13y ago
      It also puts the current zoom level in the status bar, which I find useful.
tessierashpool 13y ago
I think the answer to your question is yes, but at the risk of being downvoted, you might get a nasty reality check if you view source and do a find on the string "table."

jeorgun 13y ago

The arrows do become higher-res at 200%, if you're having serious readability issues. Or you could do something with Stylish or the like.

dunham 13y ago

It's possible to tweak it yourself. If you're in Chrome, save this gist to hn.user.js, edit to taste, and drop the file on the extensions page. https://gist.github.com/dunhamsteve/8572389