Ask HN: Best way to browse websites via mobile?

#1

Post by jackbean » Sat, Aug 06, 2011, 1:07 AM UTC

Having to zoom in and out is amnoying for thise sites without a mobile version. Is there a better way?

Re: Ask HN: Best way to browse websites via mobile?

#2

Post by slater » Sat, Aug 06, 2011, 1:08 AM UTC

RSS feed reader?

Re: Ask HN: Best way to browse websites via mobile?

#3

Post by minalecs » Sat, Aug 06, 2011, 1:13 AM UTC

I created http://home.nibzy.com/ or http://nibzy.com - basically bookmarks to all my favorite sites and then some to site with optimized mobile. Check it out and set it to your homepage if you like it. Heres a plain text version also - http://home.nibzy.com/plain (loads slightly faster)

Re: Ask HN: Best way to browse websites via mobile?

#4

Post by nextparadigms » Sat, Aug 06, 2011, 2:56 AM UTC

Try Pulse Reader.

Re: Ask HN: Best way to browse websites via mobile?

#5

Post by jackbean » Sat, Aug 06, 2011, 5:30 AM UTC

nextparadigms wrote: post #4

Try Pulse Reader.

Pulse looks pretty cool, but isn't it more of a replacement for Google Reader?

Can I use it for any url?

Re: Ask HN: Best way to browse websites via mobile?

#6

Post by nextparadigms » Sat, Aug 06, 2011, 10:10 AM UTC

jackbean wrote: post #5

nextparadigms wrote: post #4

Try Pulse Reader.

Pulse looks pretty cool, but isn't it more of a replacement for Google Reader? Can I use it for any url?

Only if you can subscribe to RSS. There's nothing else you can do about normal sites without a mobile version. Were you just pinch-to-zooming? You can zoom the page directly on the content just by double tapping the screen, in case you didn't know. It works pretty well usually.

Re: Ask HN: Best way to browse websites via mobile?

#7

Post by jackbean » Sat, Aug 06, 2011, 10:21 PM UTC

nextparadigms wrote: post #6

jackbean wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pulse looks pretty cool, but isn't it more of a replacement for Google Reader? Can I use it for any url?

Only if you can subscribe to RSS. There's nothing else you can do about normal sites without a mobile version. Were you just pinch-to-zooming? You can zoom the page directly on the content just by double tapping the screen, in case you didn't know. It works pretty well usually.

That's too bad. I'm surprised none of the mobile browsers have some kind of reading help.