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

#1

Post by dang » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 1:58 AM UTC

We just deployed a new attempt to make HN work better on mobile. Should we keep it? Feedback, please.

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

#2

Post by jreed91 » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:04 AM UTC

Maybe just me, but it seems to have a lack of padding around the edges. Also the comment input isn't mobile optimized.

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

#3

Post by rubiquity » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:06 AM UTC

I think it is an improvement and was actually coming to Ask HN to ask if anyone else was seeing this. I'm glad I saw your post first.

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

#4

Post by minimaxir » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:07 AM UTC

Doesn't hurt, at the least.

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

#5

Post by dang » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:08 AM UTC

jreed91 wrote: post #2

Maybe just me, but it seems to have a lack of padding around the edges. Also the comment input isn't mobile optimized.

What do you mean by the comment input? Some pages are still rendering the old way; it may be that that's one of them.

If we're going to keep these changes we'll upgrade the remaining pages soon.

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

#6

Post by dang » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:11 AM UTC

rubiquity wrote: post #3

I think it is an improvement and was actually coming to Ask HN to ask if anyone else was seeing this. I'm glad I saw your post first.

Sorry to beat you to the punch, but I learned my lesson the last time we tried something like this.

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

#7

Post by brudgers » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:14 AM UTC

Yes. On Android it's comparable to how well the old markup worked with Windows Phone 7, which made me wonder why people were complaining.

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

#8

Post by epistasis » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:15 AM UTC

This is a vast improvement in every way, IMHO. Maybe tweak it, but don't go back, please!

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

#9

Post by deanclatworthy » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:18 AM UTC

can we make the up/down vote buttons for comments bigger or at least in different places? It's impossible to hit correctly unless you zoom in.

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

#10

Post by tedunangst » Mon, Nov 02, 2015, 2:18 AM UTC

dang wrote: post #5

jreed91 wrote: post #2

Maybe just me, but it seems to have a lack of padding around the edges. Also the comment input isn't mobile optimized.

What do you mean by the comment input? Some pages are still rendering the old way; it may be that that's one of them. If we're going to keep these changes we'll upgrade the remaining pages soon.

With mobile safari, activating the comment box zooms in slightly, such that it no longer fits in one page width.