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Comment by uo21tp5hoyg | Hacker News Reader

I really like the current simple design of HN, my only issue with it is how ridiculously zoomed out it is by default. I've been viewing HN at 150% zoom for as long as I can remember.

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I apparently set HN to 150% so long ago and had gotten so used to it I didn't even realize that I had until reading this comment.

Just tried 100% out of curiosity and you're right, it's ridiculous.

Hm, dunno. Just tried out zoomed in to 150% and switched it back. I like having more text on the page without scrolling. Esp given how wordy people get get here, and as the nesting grows.

But I guess to each their own. +1 for loving simplicity of current design though.

For me, I dislike that it is not in dark mode without some userscript

A toggle switch would be very nice for night time reading.

I am viewing the standard version of HN at 270% on a 4K screen. The main reason is not the font size but the layout.

Only at that zoom level would the page span the entire width of the screen and wrap the text around.

120% here. I suddenly feel very young.

Hah, I have particularly bad eyesight and HN and Terminal are both around 175% normal (12pt) zoom levels.

I only have an average bad eyesight, but I still prefer ridiculously zoomed text. My focus simply is always on very little code or text at a time, so I don’t see the point of not utilising my screens fully.

Same here.

Firefox on iPhone/iOS can't zoom text (a long time open request.) Therefor it's impossible to this website with it. Kind of ridiculous.

Is it really so hard to create a proper default layout? Text size seems so basic...

The current design is simple but lacking imo. Font size is small, not touch friendly. Also annoying that a single new line doesn't do anything, you need to have two. Doesn't make sense at all.

> Also annoying that a single new line doesn't do anything, you need to have two. Doesn't make sense at all.

This is how markdown works, so it feels natural to me (although then the differences from markdown become apparent...)

I view HN at 200% Getting old :/

I've always felt bad about 133% and this thread is putting things in perspective for me

I use 200% and I'm in my 20s. Nothing wrong with reading comfortably!

I normally use 160%, I love this site.

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