Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bail?

Post by Zombieball » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:29 AM UTC

g0atbutt wrote: post #11

This looks (and more importantly, works) much better than before. For those not on mobile, here is what the new layout looks like on an iPhone 6s on iOS 9.0.1. ==> http://imgur.com/5LgB1xB.jpg Here is what the comment page looks like ==> http://i.imgur.com/ugOASR5.png This is the viewport bug when you try to enter a comment ==> http://i.imgur.com/i0Ekiod.png and http://i.imgur.com/T0NDIFc.png

Post by dr_ » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:30 AM UTC

Post by jamesk_au » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:31 AM UTC

g0atbutt wrote: post #11

This looks (and more importantly, works) much better than before. For those not on mobile, here is what the new layout looks like on an iPhone 6s on iOS 9.0.1. ==> http://imgur.com/5LgB1xB.jpg Here is what the comment page looks like ==> http://i.imgur.com/ugOASR5.png This is the viewport bug when you try to enter a comment ==> http://i.imgur.com/i0Ekiod.png and http://i.imgur.com/T0NDIFc.png

Post by clamprecht » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:32 AM UTC

joezydeco wrote: post #12

It's an improvement, keep pressing on. One thing I'd do is find a way to minimize the detail line below the headline. It doesn't need to be as large - it tends to wrap into a second line (at least on my iOS 9.1 iPhone 5s). The detail line also doesn't need to be as verbose, IMO... e.g.: 200 points by foobar 8 hours ago | flag | 192 comments could be simplified to 200 pts by foobar 8h ago | flag | 192c

Post by vkjv » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:34 AM UTC

clamprecht wrote: post #28

joezydeco wrote: post #12

It's an improvement, keep pressing on. One thing I'd do is find a way to minimize the detail line below the headline. It doesn't need to be as large - it tends to wrap into a second line (at least on my iOS 9.1 iPhone 5s). The detail line also doesn't need to be as verbose, IMO... e.g.: 200 points by foobar 8 hours ago | flag | 192 comments could be simplified to 200 pts by foobar 8h ago | flag | 192c

Although I would recommend keeping the "192 comments" link at least as large as it currently is. That's probably the 2nd-most tapped-on link (after the link to the source itself), and it's fairly difficult to aim correctly on mobile. Making it even smaller will make it harder to tap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law