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Font sizes are hints that can (and should, when appropriate) be overruled locally.

Shifting the layout burden to content supplied (and or javascript) was/is a huge mistake, the browser on the device should do the layout using whatever style hints it feels are appropriate.

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Do you think that's a problem that can be solved generically by the browser? It seems infeasible to me.

Yes, I think it could be, but it would require less focus on eye candy and more focus on functionality and utility.

Works well, looks identical on all devices, is future proof: pick any two.

What about something like the size of the up/down buttons? Should mobile browsers also automatically upscale those?

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