I am not a css hacker but please HN change your css. smartphone experience suck • Hacker News Board

Re: I am not a css hacker but please HN change your css. smartphone experience suck

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Post by marknutter » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 12:06 PM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #3

No it doesnt. You cant zoom in and scroll on your phone? Do you have broken fingers? Btw there are hn apps in different stores.

Zooming and scrolling left-to-right to read every link is a broken experience.

Re: I am not a css hacker but please HN change your css. smartphone experience suck

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Post by boringkyle » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 12:15 PM UTC

iaskwhy wrote: post #20

Best mobile HN, by far: http://hn.premii.com/

Premii's too slow for me. I use Dinopost - http://hn.dinopost.com/.

I like how you can change the text size for a small phone. And it's light-weight for mobile connections - caches all the front page articles so makes it worthwhile for commuters.

Re: I am not a css hacker but please HN change your css. smartphone experience suck

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Post by tunnuz » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 12:18 PM UTC

Ives wrote: post #24

iaskwhy wrote: post #20

Best mobile HN, by far: http://hn.premii.com/

Doesn't appear to work on my lumia 800. Just says "Loading..." infinitely.

Same here :/ however typically stuff loads weirdly on Internet Explorer for Windows Phone (on WP7 at least).

Re: I am not a css hacker but please HN change your css. smartphone experience suck

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Post by epicjunction » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 12:26 PM UTC

boringkyle wrote: post #42

iaskwhy wrote: post #20

Best mobile HN, by far: http://hn.premii.com/

Premii's too slow for me. I use Dinopost - http://hn.dinopost.com/ . I like how you can change the text size for a small phone. And it's light-weight for mobile connections - caches all the front page articles so makes it worthwhile for commuters.

I've got that set on my iPhone homescreen. And the UX is good for desktop too.

Re: I am not a css hacker but please HN change your css. smartphone experience suck

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Post by edandersen » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 12:29 PM UTC

The joke is that max-scale and initial-scale set to 1.0 in the viewport meta tag would probably be all that's needed to make HN better on mobile.

Re: I am not a css hacker but please HN change your css. smartphone experience suck

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Post by orenbarzilai » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 12:32 PM UTC

You can use http://hackernews-mobile.tomodo.me/ It's similar to the css you offered.

Re: I am not a css hacker but please HN change your css. smartphone experience suck

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Post by joeblau » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 12:34 PM UTC

iaskwhy wrote: post #20

Best mobile HN, by far: http://hn.premii.com/

This is the best answer by far because it's snappy and clean. You can't comment or vote, but reading is great.

Re: I am not a css hacker but please HN change your css. smartphone experience suck

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Post by bliker » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 12:39 PM UTC

I suggest to do what 4chan has done some time ago. Rewrite the css & html in modern fashion optimized for all devices but keep the style the same.

Re: I am not a css hacker but please HN change your css. smartphone experience suck

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Post by linker3000 » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 12:44 PM UTC

ciucanu wrote: post #5

Have you tried any mobile app? There are a lot of great apps for HackerNews. I use HackerNews2 for my Android device and HackerNode for my iPhone.

Dear me no!

http://idontwantyourfuckingapp.tumblr.com/

All of my news and info gathering, from about 20 sources, comes in to one place (RSSDemon) on my Android Phone and tablet, and then if I click on a subject to read more or see the comments thread my (boat) browser takes over - simple!

Two apps for everything.

Re: I am not a css hacker but please HN change your css. smartphone experience suck

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Post by bjrnjs » Wed, Aug 21, 2013, 12:46 PM UTC

pimeys wrote: post #37

lukeholder wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i agree, it has replaced native HN apps on my iphone.

Me too. Replaced all native Android HN apps for me.

There is a native Android app from premii as well, it's really nice!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.premii.hn