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January 2007. Steve Jobs introduces the iPhone web browser. “And to zoom in on any page, you just drag with two fingers… like this.” The crowd goes wild. Nobody has ever seen multitouch gestures before. Still works!
This means two actions (zoom+click) when one would be enough. Efficiency first!
I would definitely not enjoy working on a very small screen. I did have some feature phones with screens about 2x3", but those were not touch-enabled.
I currently have a phablet of sorts, a Moto g Play phone, and so it's got a relatively large screen. I have no problems navigating HN on the phone, which I do every day, usually while I eat.
I have learned that touchscreen operation does take a delicate touch, of course. The slightest feather brush of the tip of my finger is enough to activate any link, and no more is used, lest the tap mash three other links nearby.
And I agree with the poster upthread who recommends zooming. Phones have tons of accessibility tools; use 'em!
I use a third party app to get around this. Makes the mobile experience infinitely better in my opinion.
Any specific app you would recommend?
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/octal-for-hacker-news/id130888...
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Any specific app you would recommend?
I would recommend taking a look for yourself. If I search the App Store for “Hacker News” I see no less than a dozen options. Shouldn’t take more than a minute to look at them and evaluate which one would be best for your needs.
I use a third party app to get around this. Makes the mobile experience infinitely better in my opinion.
Any specific app you would recommend?
It's the most featureful FOSS Android app for HN, it's UI is a breeze to navigate too (if you enable swipe gestures from the tiny settings!).
January 2007. Steve Jobs introduces the iPhone web browser. “And to zoom in on any page, you just drag with two fingers… like this.” The crowd goes wild. Nobody has ever seen multitouch gestures before. Still works!
is this a serious answer or trolling? how would web experience on mobile be if i have to manually zoom everything all of the time? fact is NH on mobile web is not optimized for unknown reasons. its not a big challenge to do it either. I have a userscript that makes everything bigger and removes junk out.
January 2007. Steve Jobs introduces the iPhone web browser. “And to zoom in on any page, you just drag with two fingers… like this.” The crowd goes wild. Nobody has ever seen multitouch gestures before. Still works!
Ironically (re. the title), I believe he even referred to the preceding standard of mobile browsing as the “baby web”.
But now “responsive design” has taken over instead. Still no multitouch.
I use a third party app to get around this. Makes the mobile experience infinitely better in my opinion.
Any specific app you would recommend?
There's an Android version as well: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pranapps.h...