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Ever used HN via mobile? It's an awful experience. I've accidentally flagged more than one article that I meant to click on instead, due to clumsy thumbs.
by na85 12y ago
Ever used HN via mobile? It's an awful experience. I've accidentally flagged more than one article that I meant to click on instead, due to clumsy thumbs.
- lnanek2 12y agoWhy not just use one of the apps? I know we have half a dozen on Android, and I've seen at least one iOS one, and a couple mobile targeted web versions...
- mitchell209 12y agoMiniHack for iOS is currently my favorite way to browse HN now.
- pbhjpbhj 12y ago>Why not just use one of the apps? // Why use one of the apps though, isn't this a website, shouldn't it be made accessible through the common web browsers. Individual apps which just apply a style, sample and modify a website and pipe it through a hidden browser object seem strange - we don't need apps for every different bit of content, that's one of the great things about a properly standardised web and high quality browsers. Different apps for every bit of web content seems perversely inefficient to me.
- szx 12y agoI've switched to http://hn.premii.com/ http://hn.premii.com/ on mobile. Give it a try.
- toxican 12y agoIf HN is as technologically in-touch as we like to say we are, then the site itself should adhere to web standards. The current standard is responsive design that is device-independent. "Just use an app" is a terrible way to look at the mobile view problem.
- e12e 12y ago> Why not just use one of the apps? I have an app for accessing websites and webapps, it's called Firefox, and it even synchs my credentials and history between my various computing devices. Why would I want to use a different app?
- snowwrestler 12y agoI just got in the habit of "reverse pinching" before trying to click anything.
- oneeyedpigeon 12y agoIt's not just the impossible click targets, it's the layout, too. It's pretty much impossible to read, even in landscape mode, without constant horizontal scrolling.