Since the HN devs seem to be in dev-mode, I thought I'd put in one more little request. :)This one line of code, added to the head of HN's html, will make the site actually usable on mobile devices: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes"/> Here are the before and after pics of the front page: http://imgur.com/rMYfqwN,mwPDMvB#0
kogir12y agoHN ↗Been there, tried that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6253835 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6253403 Trust me, it's worse on most devices. On the Android devices I tested comments often get compressed to two or three characters per line.
hornbaker12y agoHN ↗Bummer, but thanks for the reply. FWIW, I'd prefer compression of nested comments over having to scroll horizontally, back-and-forth, to read anything on the site.
cpncrunch12y agoHN ↗On my galaxy note GT-N7000 I have the opposite problem - the text is tiny and I have to zoom in.Would a better solution be to set a viewport width of 800 or 1000 pixels on mobile devices?
This one line of code, added to the head of HN's html, will make the site actually usable on mobile devices:
Here are the before and after pics of the front page:Clickable link to before/after pics: http://imgur.com/rMYfqwN,mwPDMvB#0
Been there, tried that:
Trust me, it's worse on most devices. On the Android devices I tested comments often get compressed to two or three characters per line.
Bummer, but thanks for the reply. FWIW, I'd prefer compression of nested comments over having to scroll horizontally, back-and-forth, to read anything on the site.
On my galaxy note GT-N7000 I have the opposite problem - the text is tiny and I have to zoom in.
Would a better solution be to set a viewport width of 800 or 1000 pixels on mobile devices?