Mmm, a lecture on usability from a site that can't be read on an iPhone.
I have the same problem, but just a tip, you can use the 'reader' feature to format it in an iPhone-friendly way.
The bad case of Hacker News authentication usability design
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#22Mmm, a lecture on usability from a site that can't be read on an iPhone.
And that is relevant because ...? Sorry if I am not too hip for you, but readability on an iPhone screen is far from being the ultimate usability test, especially if the site is not a mobile site.
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#23> Before I unintentionally start a flame war This statement would be needed if anyone thought HN was an example of good design and usability, I don't think I've ever seen a comment here claim that, it seems everyone acknowledges that HN was built to work (as in, do the very minimum it can to exist) and nothing more. The lack of polish with HN is part of the charm really.
I like HN the way it is, only if I could vote on iPad (or worse, on iPhone) without having to zoom 600% in first. Those up/down arrows being so close to each other drives me crazy.
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#24Speaking of usability... your site doesn't scale on my iPhone, so I only see about 30% of the screen width and have to do a lot of scrolling to read anything.
Thanks for pointing that out. Responsive CSS pending.
It would be OK without responsive CSS as long as you didn't include that tag to disable scaling.
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#25> Before I unintentionally start a flame war This statement would be needed if anyone thought HN was an example of good design and usability, I don't think I've ever seen a comment here claim that, it seems everyone acknowledges that HN was built to work (as in, do the very minimum it can to exist) and nothing more. The lack of polish with HN is part of the charm really.
I like HN the way it is, only if I could vote on iPad (or worse, on iPhone) without having to zoom 600% in first. Those up/down arrows being so close to each other drives me crazy.
news:yc [1] allows you to vote without a problem on iPad
[1] http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/news-yc/id434787119?mt=8&...
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#26I can zoom in fine in android 2.2.
Why don't the YC people open up the site code and put it on github so we can contribute into making a better site?
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#27Ironically, the linked site is unusable on iPhone. The page width is twice the size of the screen AND it cannot be zoomed out. Lovely stuff, can't wait to read what the author has to say on usability of other's people work.
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#28I can zoom in fine in android 2.2. Why don't the YC people open up the site code and put it on github so we can contribute into making a better site?
And solve that expired link bug!
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#29Re: The bad case of Hacker News authentication usability design
#30I can zoom in fine in android 2.2. Why don't the YC people open up the site code and put it on github so we can contribute into making a better site?
Little known fact: the source code is available.