Keep it, definitely an improvement (and a nice surprise!)
Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bail?
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Re: Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bail?
#272Improvement over the last one. The large voting arrows are good. Too much wasted white space on the sides of the screen on the iPhone 5/5s.
Re: Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bail?
#273Please make easy url for mobile users who want the desktop version! Auto-detect without opt-out sucks. I like the desktop version better than the new version (android/chrome). I like the tiny fonts for reading. Hitting tiny UI elements is hard, but zooming in then hitting is easy enough. The new big fonts + huge front page margins means much less content visible.
I totally agree. I'd like to take advantage of the screen's DPI, if possible.
Re: Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bail?
#274Please make easy url for mobile users who want the desktop version! Auto-detect without opt-out sucks. I like the desktop version better than the new version (android/chrome). I like the tiny fonts for reading. Hitting tiny UI elements is hard, but zooming in then hitting is easy enough. The new big fonts + huge front page margins means much less content visible.
this++ to opt out of the mobile version. This should always be possible.
Tips for mobile developers:
Don't make it impossible to zoom.
Don't make it hard/impossible to get to the desktop version.
Don't make it hard/impossible to view in landscape (I am amazed at the "rotate your device" popups)
Don't make your popups impossible to dismiss on mobile (can't get to the X due to size/positioning)
Don't download megabytes of javascript to display a small amount of text content.
Do support "reader view" (in mobile Safari) or equivalent, so I can get a view that is simply readable AND accessible. Sorry that this overrides your hard work, but really I just want to be able to read your content. Your ads are fine, if they don't use all my bandwidth.
Re: Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bail?
#275Please make easy url for mobile users who want the desktop version! Auto-detect without opt-out sucks. I like the desktop version better than the new version (android/chrome). I like the tiny fonts for reading. Hitting tiny UI elements is hard, but zooming in then hitting is easy enough. The new big fonts + huge front page margins means much less content visible.
this++ to opt out of the mobile version. This should always be possible. Tips for mobile developers: Don't make it impossible to zoom. Don't make it hard/impossible to get to the desktop version. Don't make it hard/impossible to view in landscape (I am amazed at the "rotate your device" popups) Don't make your popups impossible to dismiss on mobile (can't get to the X due to size/positioning) Don't download megabytes…
This should be a manifesto, a bit like "contrast rebellion"
Re: Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bail?
#276Next up: Comment thread folding. It's the one feature that keeps me from switching from https://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/ on mobile, or uninstalling the Hacker News Enhancement Suite in Chrome.
Agreed. This is the straw that nudged me back to Chrome after experimenting with Firefox for a month or so. I just couldn't bear doing without comment thread folding.
Re: Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bail?
#277Keep. Looks much better than before using Firefox on my cheap 5" Android phone
Re: Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bail?
#278This 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
But why does horizontal mode (my standard casual reading mode) look so blown out? ==> http://imgur.com/5Z6q6wI (iOS 9, iPhone 5, Safari)
I have the same problem in standard vertical mode on Android/Chrome. Please revert!
Re: Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bail?
#279I prefer the desktop but if you keep the mobile (since it's not terrible) please smaller fonts.
Re: Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bail?
#280I typically dread mobile designs but this is OK. My only wish is the article title text is smaller or an option for smaller font sizes.