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Why does Hacker News look awful on mobile?

21 pointsmoonmaster900017 comments

Wouldn't it be awesome if they included this meta tag?

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Not exactly a solution but I use HackerWeb on mobile, and I'm pretty pleased with it.

[0]: https://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/#/

Try this one too: http://www.appblit.com/static/hn_old.html

I absolutely hate it when someone gives me a compliment then immediately requests a new feature.

That said, here goes:

I love it! Adding comment count inside of the speech bubble would be cool!

He didn't say he built it.

I use Opera on a 7" tablet. I have no problem with HN. I did have problems in other browsers on a 7" tablet. HN used to crash my tablet, which was shocking news to pg. I switched browsers and no problem. I think Dolphin also worked fine with HN and I think I switched to Opera for some other reason.

I think we need more info than "mobile" to effectively engage this question. "Mobile" is hardly a monolith and some mobile users have no such problem. Your framing is going to tend to encourage those with no such problem to make statements as generic as yours and thereby sound like snark ("works just fine for me....")

I like it on mobile.

Are there any other solutions for HN that let you vote? I've tried a couple iOS apps but they don't have voting.

MiniHack supports voting and commenting. It's also just awesome in general.

I use Hacker News (YC)[0]. It's very feature complete and frequently updated.

[0] https://appsto.re/us/7uRIQ.i

I like Akepa. I've used it for months and just bought the Pro version which allows voting for $5. Worth it to me.

Because mobile browsers are bad at layout, except Opera which knows how to reflow text on zoom.

The only problem Opera has is that the comment input box is to wide.

http://ihackernews.com

they use a highly nested table based layout so a solution as simple as that wont work.

Works just fine on my SGS6+ edge using chrome.

I know right, it's terrible on mobile.

Considered that it might be deliberate? Encourage people who value style over substance to go elsewhere..?

The only problem with that perspective, which appears to be weirdly common here, is that "valuing style," or in this case valuing a more usable mobile experience, doesn't imply that someone "values style over substance".

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